leftist political commentators that I admire

• Anand Giridharadas. This guy has an amazing moral compass, and I find most of his arguments compelling (not that all leftists rely on shrill moralizing instead of facts and figures, but...). This is a random sampling of the videos and articles that he's authored:
  • "'Winners Take All' and the Paradox of Elite Philanthropy", an interview on The Daily Show
  • "It Is Immoral To Be A Billionaire", a debate at the Oxford Union Society
  • "The End Of Democracy May Just Be Permanent Minority Rule", an interview on MSNBC
  • a conversation at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center on the perils of philanthropy and policy in the hands of the global elite
    • he even called out Harvard while at Harvard for facilitating reputation laundering (examples include Jeffrey Epstein, who donated $9.1 million, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman)
  • "'Woke capitalism' is about deflecting criticism, not benefiting communities", an interview on Democracy Now!
  • his articles that were published by The New York Times
  • his articles that were published by Time
  • books that he's authored, on Amazon.com
  • his Facebook account
• David Huyssen, a historian of political economy, inequality, capitalism, labor, and urban life, specializing in the United States [bio]
  • his Twitter account
  • "We won’t get out of the Second Gilded Age the way we got out of the first: A historian explains why we keep comparing today to the Gilded Age.", Vox.com, April 1, 2019.
  • his journal articles, from scholar.google.com