David Griscom
Writer



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Projects

  1. Left Reckoning
  2. Jacobin Show

Books

  1. “Myth of Red Texas” (2026)


Selected Essays

  1. Sorry, but Colin Allred’s campaign was mediocre (Houston Chronicle, 2026)
  2. Populism Was Born From a Rural-Urban Alliance (Jacobin, 2025)
  3. When Black and White Tenant Farmers Joined Together to Take on the Plantation South (Jacobin, 2023)






Sorry, but Colin Allred's campaign really was mediocre.

To win Texas in 2026, Democrats have to admit that their 2024 Senate candidate vastly underperformed.

Feb 4, 2026

Read at HoustonChronicle.com