Political Writing

“Where Do We Go From Here?,” Organizing Upgrade, January 15, 2020, https://organizingupgrade.com/where-do-we-go-from-here/

“How Do We Fix Democracy in Pennsylvania, and Elsewhere?,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 10, 2020, https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/voting-2020-pennsylvania-local-elections-regulations-20200110.html

“Coalitions of Convenience, Periods of Polarization,” Organizing Upgrade, December 23, 2019, https://organizingupgrade.com/coalitions-of-convenience-periods-of-polarization/

“We Need Patriotism, Not Blind Loyalty,” Lancaster Newspapers, December 22, 2019, https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/columnists/we-need-patriotism-not-blind-loyalty/article_002ce0b2-2345-11ea-89fe-23f3b8d78a0f.html

“The Mechanics of Power,” Organizing Upgrade, December 4, 2019, https://organizingupgrade.com/the-mechanics-of-power/

“The American Left Needs a Contemporary Thad Stevens,” History News Network, September 8, 2019, https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/172967

“Are We the New Radical Republicans?,” Organizing Upgrade, June 12, 2019, https://organizingupgrade.com/are-we-the-new-radical-republicans/

“It HAS Happened Here,” History News Network, January 14, 2018, https://portside.org/2018-01-14/it-has-happened-here

“Why Are All the Conservative Loudmouths Irish-American?,” Newsweek, October 24, 2017, https://www.newsweek.com/why-are-all-conservative-loudmouths-irish-american-691691

“Is There Still a ‘Party of Lincoln?’,” History News Network, December 11, 2016, https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/164530

“Fidel Castro and the Question of Power,” Portside, December 1, 2016, https://portside.org/2016-12-04/fidel-castro-and-question-power

“Teaching in the Time of Trump,” Process (blog published by the Organization of American Historians), September 6, 2016, http://www.processhistory.org/teaching-trump/

“George McGovern’s Revenge (A Dish Eaten Cold),” Huffington Post, September 6, 2016, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/george-mcgoverns-revenge-_b_11867600.html

“I Am Class Conscious,” Huffington Post, July 11, 2016, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/i-am-classconscious_b_10890914.html

“Unpacking Trumpism In The Context Of American History,” Huffington Post, June 13, 2016, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/unpacking-trumpism-in-the_b_10395730.html

“What’s In a Name? Bernie Sanders, the Socialist Candidate,” Huffington Post, October 27, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/whats-in-a-name-bernie-sanders_b_8395524.html

“Another Chance at Fair Play for Cuba,” Huffington Post, July 17, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/another-chance-at-fair-pl_b_7815170.html

“A New Internationalism,” co-authored with Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Phyllis Bennis, Znet.org, June 10, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/a-new-internationalism-co_b_7588146.html

“Fight for Black Voting Rights Precedes the Constitution,” Boston Globe, March 15, 2015, https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2015/03/12/fight-for-black-voting-rights-precedes-constitution/VM0V8vsrIFHXxPb1Qv9kAJ/story.html

“Forgotten History: When Castros and the American People Were Friends,” Lancaster Newspapers, December 22, 2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/the-forgotten-history-of-_1_b_6377150.html

“Jim Crow Justice--As Usual,” Huffington Post, December 12, 2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/jim-crow-justiceas-usual_b_6248610.html

“Frederick Douglass Meets the Queen (a historical fiction),” Huffington Post, October 1, 2014.

“Remembering Amiri Baraka,” April 5, 2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/remembering-amiri-baraka_b_4710881.html

“The 'Armed Struggle' Vindicated in El Salvador,” Huffington Post, March 7, 2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/the-armed-struggle-vindic_b_4918289.html

“What Would an American Left Look Like?,” The Rag Blog, July 7, 2013, http://www.theragblog.com/van-gosse-what-would-an-american-left-look-like/

"Efrain Rios Montt Will Still Face Justice--And So Should Henry Kissinger," History News Network, May 22, 2013, http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/151994

"Empathy For Whom?", Huffington Post, May 13, 2013, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/empathy-for-whom_b_3262493.html

"An Open Letter to Tony Kushner," Huffington Post, March 18, 2013, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/an-open-letter-to-tony-ku_b_2887382.html

"Realigning American Politics: Towards a Mass Party of the Center," Huffington Post, December 23, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/political-realignment_b_2326238.html

"Getting 'Romney the Bully' Wrong," Huffington Post, May 23, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/mitt-romney-bully_b_1530404.html

"Today's Other Jim Crow," Huffington Post, March 29, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/todays-other-jim-crow_b_1383772.html

"Beyond 'Glory'," New York Times "Disunion" blog, November 29, 2011, http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/beyond-glory/?_r=0

"Whatever Happened to the Republican Party?", Washington Spectator, March 1, 2012.

"A Modest Proposal (To Help Fix American Education)," Huffington Post, December 21, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/a-modest-proposal-to-help_b_1161410.html

"What is a Democracy?" Huffington Post, February 1, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/what-is-a-democracy_1_b_814813.html

"Birthright Citizenship is Bedrock Americanism," Huffington Post, September 27, 2010, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/birthright-citizenship-is_b_738923.html

"American Democracy (the Lack Thereof)," Huffington Post, August 26, 2010, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/american-democracy-the-la_b_693832.html

"Thank You, Rand Paul (From a Historian)," Huffington Post, June 30, 2010, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/thank-you-rand-paul-from_b_630625.html

"Black Republicans' Problem With History," Huffington Post, June 14, 2010, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/black-republicans-problem_b_611301.html

"Why President Obama Is Not (and Is) a Socialist," Huffington Post, May 27, 2010, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-gosse/why-president-obama-is-no_b_592371.html

“Twelve Theses on the War in Iraq and the Future of U.S. Politics,” History News Network, 2005, https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/9864

“The Meaning of August 29,” History News Network, 2004, https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/7320