Anand Giridharadas

author and publisher of the substack “The.Ink”

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Author of “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. Previously a columnist for the New York Times and author of The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas.

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Twitter has accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to buy the social media platform. What does it mean for the future of influential app?

Elon Musk at Twitter is like arsonist in fire brigade, says writer

Twitter has accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to buy the social media platform. What does it mean for the future of influential app?

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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to file papers today to be on the Democratic presidential primary ballot in Alabama.

Why do billionaires think they can be great presidents?

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to file papers today to be on the Democratic presidential primary ballot in Alabama.

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Author Anand Giridharadas discusses the distorted libertarian ideology that they use to subvert the American experiment in democracy.

Silicon billionaires are the lethal monkey on the back of the American public

Author Anand Giridharadas discusses the distorted libertarian ideology that they use to subvert the American experiment in democracy.

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