Here are several—though not all—of the stories I've written or co-written for Politico Magazine:
​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. 
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA and EMILY CADEI | January 19, 2021
​‘Badasses in Their Own Right’: Meet the Freshwomen of Congress
We’ll soon see the most women ever in the House of Representatives, including the largest number of female Republicans. And the new members have a lot to say.​
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA with photographs by JASON GROW | January 01, 2021
​Why a Civil Rights Veteran Thinks the Protests Are More Like 1963 Than 1968
‘We’re at an early stage of another era of grassroots activism to achieve political change,’ says historian Clayborne Carson in a POLITICO Q&A.​
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | September 03, 2020
​10 Races Poised to Shake Up American Criminal Justice
It's not all about Washington. When it comes to policing, courts and prison, the real action is local. Here are the people and propositions to watch in 2020.
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | June 25, 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.
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | June 12, 2020
​Who Said It: Mike Bloomberg or Donald Trump?
See how well you can tell the two septuagenarian New York billionaires apart.
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA and JORDAN MULLER | February 19, 2020
​Could Higher Turnout Actually Help Trump?
A new study challenges the idea that suppressing the vote hurts Democrats.
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | February 19, 2020
​How the Cool Kids of the Left Turned on Elizabeth Warren
The Socialists of Jacobin magazine used to treat her like a promising alternative to Bernie Sanders. Now they write as if she's almost as bad as Joe Biden. What gives?
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | December 08, 2019
​HOW TO FIX POLITICS: These 5 Places Tried Bold Political Experiments. Did They Work?
The United States: Ranked Choice Voting
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | September 21, 2019
​'It's Like a Beehive Coming After Me': Portraits From a Political Spectacle
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA with photographs and video by PATRICK CAVAN BROWN | August 16, 2019
​My Weekend at the Activist Bootcamp Trying to Reshape the 2020 Race
The Sunrise Movement actually changed the Democratic conversation. So what do you do for a sequel?
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | June 16, 2019
​'We Call Ourselves the Badasses': Meet the New Women of Congress
The history-making class of new women on Capitol Hill is here, and its members have a lot to say.
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA with photographs by JASON GROW | January 18, 2019
​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.
By ZACK STANTON, STEVEN SHEPARD and RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | November 13, 2018
​'Abolish Prisons' is the New 'Abolish ICE'
A growing group of leftists wants to get rid of the entire prison industrial complex in America.
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | August 15, 2018
​'Oh Man, I Guess We've Won This Thing'
Eight years ago, a tight-knit group of Obama campaign staffers had a ringside seat as history was made.​
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | November 07, 2016
​These Are the Only 6 Newspapers in the Country to Endorse Donald Trump
No candidate has ever received so few endorsements. So what were the Waxahachie Daily Light, the Santa Barbara News-Press and others thinking?​
By RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | October 25, 2016
​Mayors to Trump: Enough With the Hellhole Talk, Already
Two weeks before Election Day, mayors can't get anyone to pay attention to good news. And there really is some.
By BEN WOFFORD and RUAIRÍ ARRIETA-KENNA | October 24, 2016