Pedro Gonzalez
Pedro Gonzalez is a writer, reporter, and editor. He publishes Contra, a Substack newsletter on politics and culture. His work has appeared in The Nation, Washington Monthly, Commonweal, and The Columbus Dispatch. He is also a ghostwriter of nonfiction books, including memoirs distributed by a Big Five publisher. Originally from California, he lives in Ohio with his wife and children.
Selected Reviews and Commentary
- Death of MAGA Washington Monthly
- Burning the Past to Build the Future Washington Monthly
- The New Right’s Toxic Addiction to Racial Conflict The Nation
- A Load of Bolls The Critic
- The Right Has a Woman Problem The Spectator
- Will Conservatives Make Great Art Again? The Metropolitan Review
- A Lesson Wasted Commonweal
- On Immigration and Springfield, Ohio The Columbus Dispatch / USA Today Network
- Xenophon’s Science of Political Economy The University Bookman
Selected Media
- The Bulwark interview Sep 2026
- Dagbladet Information interview Sep 2026
- Vox quoted Jun 2026
- New York Magazine quoted Mar 2026
- Know Your Enemy, Dissent interview Feb 2026
Contact
For pitches and commissions: pedro.gundsalv@gmail.com