Jonathan Tasini

Jonathan Tasini is a writer, organizational strategist, and an economics and political analyst. Throughout the 2016 election, he was a national media and event surrogate for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries. He continues as a regular commentator on CNN, combining his unique knowledge of policy and politics derived from three decades of analyzing the economy and labor, on-the-ground campaigning, and developing lobbying and organizing campaigns. He is the author of "The Essential Bernie...See more

Jonathan Tasini is a writer, organizational strategist, and an economics and political analyst. Throughout the 2016 election, he was a national media and event surrogate for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries. He continues as a regular commentator on CNN, combining his unique knowledge of policy and politics derived from three decades of analyzing the economy and labor, on-the-ground campaigning, and developing lobbying and organizing campaigns. He is the author of "The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America," president of the Economic Future Group and the host of the Working Life podcast. He has been widely published, including in The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Business Week, Playboy Magazine, The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. See less