Ross Barkan is the author of two nov­els, includ­ing Demo­li­tion Night, and a work of non­fic­tion. A con­tribut­ing writer to the New York Times Mag­a­zine, his report­ing and essays have appeared in The Nation, New York Mag­a­zine, The Guardian, and else­where. He writes the pop­u­lar Sub­stack newslet­ter Polit­i­cal Currents.