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Osita Nwanevu’s Biography

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Osita Nwanevu is a contributing editor at The New Republic. He is a former staff writer at The New Yorker and Slate and his work has also appeared in Harper's, the Chicago Reader, and In These Times. Nwanevu is also the former Editor-in-Chief of the South Side Weekly, an alternative weekly covering the South Side of Chicago.

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Graham Platner was an unforced error – the left has lessons to learn

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By Osita Nwanevu Verified
| MSN UK Verified
The left would do well to revisit New York 's Democratic primaries two weeks ago – it was a sunnier news cycle, yes, but those races were also an object lesson in progressive realpolitik.
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Coworkers, Not Contractors: Preserving the Social Fabric of Work in a Fractured World

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By Diana S. Reddy, Osita Nwanevu Verified, Liz Shuler
| rooseveltinstitute.org
The current discourse surrounding the future of work is missing a fundamental element: an affirmative defense of employment itself. While progressive arguments historically focus on safeguarding statutory workplace rights, benefits, and safety nets, employment must also be recognized for its intrinsic value as a vital social institution that deserves protection and structural reinforcement.
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The Spirit of (19)76

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By Osita Nwanevu Verified
| Flaming Hydra
Despite the best efforts of the man himself, it was entirely possible to spend one’s Fourth of July in Washington this past weekend without seeing Donald Trump. The forces of nature were against him—D.C. happened to be one of the hottest places on earth on the 4th, and a thunderstorm forced some of those hoping to see Trump’s grand finale on the mall to take shelter in the National Museum of African American History, of all places.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Interning at In These Times, a progressive magazine based in Chicago.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No.

How is social media changing news?

It makes some things better. But -- and this is important -- it also makes some things worse.