Ryan CooperRyan Cooper is a national correspondent for The Week and is widely considered one of the most thoughtful and clear-eyed leftist commentators in America. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The em>Nation, Washington Post, Mother Jones, the New Republic, and others. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Reed College in 2008 and served in the Peace Corps in South Africa from 2009 to 2011. He is a cohost and producer of the Left Anchor podcast. He lives in Philadelphia with his girlfriend, two cats, and a dog. Read More Read Less