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Politics Editor @newlinesmag | Übermenshevik | incurable tennis addict | pitch me: dpostel@newlinesmag.com | Also find me @dannypostel.bsky.social

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Danny Postel’s Biography

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Danny Postel is Politics Editor at New Lines Magazine. Previously he was Senior Editor of the London-based magazine openDemocracy; a staff writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education in Washington, D.C.; Editor of The Common Review, the magazine of the Chicago-based Great Books Foundation; Contributing Editor to Dædalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences; and an online editor at Encyclopædia Britannica.

He is the author of “Reading Legitimation Crisis in Tehran” (2006) and…

Danny Postel’s Journalist Portfolio

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Chicago Is Pushing Back Against Trump

Chicago Is Pushing Back Against Trump

The spectacular repression of ICE is leading ordinary residents of the Windy City to protest and organize

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The 'America First' Masquerade

The 'America First' Masquerade

Though packaged as a kind of foreign policy realism, the doctrine guiding the Trump administration is riddled…

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Wrestling with Trump's 2024 Victory

Wrestling with Trump's 2024 Victory

The danger of authoritarianism should not be dismissed, but nor should voters' other concerns

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The Conservative Fault Lines Revealed by Debates Over Israel

The Conservative Fault Lines Revealed by Debates Over Israel

Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro's argument on the war in Gaza is a microcosm of the fractures on the American …

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We'll miss it when it's gone: The assault on—and the fight to save—democracy in the US today

We'll miss it when it's gone: The assault on—and the fight to save—democracy in the US today

This article examines the sweeping assault on democratic rights in the United States today, the far-reaching …

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Iran's Counter-Revolutionary Role in the Middle East

Iran's Counter-Revolutionary Role in the Middle East

Challenging the myth of Iran as a “revolutionary” state in the vanguard of a regional “Axis of Resistance” — …

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Articles

Rafael Nadal as Primal Experience

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| New Lines Magazine Verified
Because Rafael Nadal has been a beloved and respected icon of tennis for so many years now, part of the pantheon of the sport, it’s easy to forget that he wasn’t universally embraced at first.
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The Long Shadow of the Iran-Iraq War

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| New Lines Magazine Verified
This isn’t the first time the Islamic Republic has been under siege. Indeed, it was attacked a mere 18 months into its existence, in September 1980, and fought an almost decade-long war with its neighbor to the west — the longest war between states of the 20th century. The Iran-Iraq War shaped postrevolutionary Iran in profound and enduring ways.
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How Chicago Residents Are Resisting ICE Invasion Of The City

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| Popular Resistance
Above photo: Community members and activists confront Federal law enforcement agents for reportedly shooting a woman in the Brighton Park neighborhood on October 04, 2025 in Broadview, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images. “They’re Not Welcome.” As ICE wreaks chaos and violence in neighborhoods across Chicago, teams of rapid responders are protecting residents and challenging Trump’s attempted occupation by fighting fear through solidarity.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Staff writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! Up through my first year of college.

How is social media changing news?

In multiple and contradictory ways.
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