Ari Berman is a political correspondent for "The Nation" and an investigative journalism Fellow at the Nation Institute. His writing has also appeared in "The New York Times" and "Rolling Stone", and he is a frequent commentator on MSNBC and NPR. His first book, "Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics", was published in 2010. He lives in New York City.