The.Ink

Home
Archive
Leaderboard
About
Story, home, patriotism: how the pro-democracy movement wins in 2024
A conversation with Dorian Warren
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
7
A love letter to the aunt who did her hair
An exclusive excerpt from the new book "Black Love Letters"
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
7
THE PERSUADERS in paperback -- and an offer to join your book club!
Dear Ink community, Everything feels hopeless. Right? Everywhere those with a crueler vision of the future seem to outwit those who want justice and…
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
1
Most Popular
View all
The illness he is
 • Anand Giridharadas
237
We are falling on our face because we are jumping high
 • Anand Giridharadas
112
It can happen here. It is
 • Anand Giridharadas
39
Is this how Russia ends?
 • Anand Giridharadas
20
Noam Chomsky wants you to vote for Joe Biden and then haunt his dreams
 • Anand Giridharadas
38
New
Top
Community
Weekend reads: What you can do to get the world you want
In a bleak moment for our country and the world, one of the great pleasures of the last year was getting to meet so many of you. As I traveled the…
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
8
Weekend reads
On chronic illness, momfluencers, "In the Mood for Love," proportional representation, and political cleavages
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
17
The case for political frenemies
Talking with journalist Steve Inskeep about what Abraham Lincoln's politicking, coalition-building, and dealing with devils tell us about escaping the…
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
10
Does democracy have the flu -- or cancer?
A conversation with Rory Stewart, a British writer, scholar, and diplomat who tried his hand at electoral politics in the age of populism and emerged…
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
25
The secret immigrants keep, even from themselves
A conversation with Prachi Gupta, author of the debut memoir "They Called Us Exceptional," about the lies and unspoken truths beneath the "American…
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
From the Trump indictment to an "anti-authoritarian age"
A conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, scholar of authoritarianism and democracy
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
13
The Ink is hiring!
Announcing our search for a managing editor. Is it you or someone you know?
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
A commencement address
On rewriting the rules, redefining ambition, and reclaiming the idea of America
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
19
Weekend reads — and a masterclass in messaging against hate
Happy Sunday! We have a great collection of links for you today: on how the Republican Party may have miscalculated in betting on intolerance; on a…
 • 
Anand Giridharadas
4
The.Ink
The.Ink
On politics and culture, money and power, from Anand Giridharadas
Recommendations
View all 9
The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad
The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad
Suleika Jaouad
L
Letters from an American
Heather Cox Richardson
Differ We Must
Differ We Must
Steve Inskeep
Thinking about...
Thinking about...
Timothy Snyder
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
© 2023 Anand Giridharadas
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing