Esam Boraey

At-large delegate from Connecticut

About the author

Esam Boraey is an at-large delegate from Connecticut. Esam studies and teaches Political science at Cornell University. He is of Egyptian origin with more than 10 years of experience in campaign, election, and grassroots organizing in both the US and the Middle East.

Latest Posts

Nicolas Maduro’s kidnapping is about the US state’s politics, not Venezuela’s oil.

epaselect epa12624353 Venezuelans in Miami hold a picture of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio while taking part in a rally in response to the US military strikes in Venezuela, Miami, Florida, USA, 03 January 2026. President Trump announced that US forces have successfully captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife during a series of large-scale strikes on Caracas on 03 January 2026. EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH

Trump’s break with Greene exposes a deeper struggle inside the American right over what ‘America First’ truly means.

(FILES) US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R), Republican of Georgia, speaks alongside former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump at a campaign event in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024.

We represent a growing number of Democrats who are disillusioned with the party leadership and want change.

A protest banner is partially blocked during President Joe Biden's remarks at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Whether crossing a bridge in Selma, Alabama in 1965, or in Cairo in 2011, our struggles for justice share much.

Riot police force protestors back across the Kasr Al Nile Bridge as they attempt to get into Tahrir Square on January 28, 2011 in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of police are on the streets of the capital and hundreds of arrests have been made in an attempt to quell anti-government demonstrations [Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images]

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