Ruairí Alfredo Arrieta-Kenna
Journalist | Washington, D.C.

about me
i'm a writer and editor at politico magazine
my first name is pronounced like ruhr-ree
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some of my writing

• [From 2021] The Education of Josh Hawley: The subversive senator’s college peers and professors don’t recognize the affable intellectual they once knew. But they do recognize his ambition. 
• [From 2020] The Deep Roots—and New Offshoots—of ‘Abolish the Police’: The summer’s divisive new slogan has a surprisingly long history—and shifting meanings.
• [From 2019] The Sunrise Movement Actually Changed the Democratic Conversation. So What Do You Do For a Sequel?: My weekend at the activist bootcamp trying to reshape the Democratic race.​
• [From 2018] How Democrats Won Over Older Voters—And Flipped the House: Democrats were victorious because they fought Republicans to a draw among Americans age 50 and up. How they did that is the story of the 2018 election.

some of my editing

• Trump Didn’t Win the Latino Vote in Texas. He Won the Tejano Vote: Understanding the difference will be key to Democrats moving past their faltering, one-size-fits-all approach to Hispanics.
  By Jack Herrera
• The Black, Millennial Mayor Who Tore Down His City’s White Monuments: Under pressure from protesters in the former capital of the Confederacy, Levar Stoney bucked tradition and preempted state law to remove a street of statues, putting his reputation and reelection prospects on the line.
  By Andrew Lawler
• The Time That Bill Barr Faced Down Protesters—Personally: Why is the attorney general so comfortable using force against protesters? In 1968, as a college freshman, he thought they were getting in his way.
  By Paul Cronin​

contact info
work email: rarrieta-kenna@politico.com
personal email: ruairiak@protonmail.com