Peter Birkenhead

Peter Birkenhead has written for Daily Beast, Salon, the Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications. His memoir, Gonville, was published in 2010 by Simon and Schuster. He tweets at @peterbirkenhead.

I Saw Protesters Get Beaten—in Washington

Beatdown

Sirens were now screaming from several directions, and the roundabout quickly filled with police cars.

Peter Birkenhead | Published May 17, 2017

Dems: Drop White Working Class Fantasy

Inconvenient Truth

So white working-class voters for Trump aren’t racist, they just need their class interests explained to them. Right? Yeah, right.

Peter Birkenhead | Published Jun 30, 2016

How My Mother Became A Broadway Star

Shattering Glass Ceilings

She escaped from an abusive husband and raised four kids on her own, even as she spent long hours building her career as one of the first female lyricists on Broadway.

Peter Birkenhead | Published May 08, 2016