Cordelli’s public writings and media contributions have focused on social and political questions, including US and Italian politics, the privatization of healthcare, the attack on reproductive rights in the US, the ethics of philanthropy, and the tension between private power and democratic values in neoliberal societies.

All my opinion pieces for the Italian newspaper Domani can be found here.

“Tragedy is Reborn as Hope,” Project Syndicate, 2026.

“Benvenuti nell’era della tecnotirannide,” Micromega, July 2026.

“Il valore democratico degli Eurobond,” Micromega, March 2026.

“Who Controls the Future? Capitalism, Democracy, and Social Alienation” APA blog, 2026.

“La Trappola della Privatizzazione” Forward, Il pensiero scientifico, March 2026.

“Chi controlla il futuro? L’Intelligenza Artificiale e le promesse della democraiza,” Micromega, 2026.

“The Covid Crisis Has Shown How Privatisation Corrodes Democracy,” The Guardian, 2020

“Why Privatization is Wrong,” Boston Review, November 2020

“Democrazia o Privatocrazia?” Micromega, 3/2023

“The Subordination of Women in Texas” (with Aziz Huq), Project Syndicate, 2021.

“Privatizzazioni, Democrazia e Liberta’” Pandora Rivista, 2023

“L’Era dello Stato Privatizzato” Striciarossa, 2023.

“Siamo Finiti Nella Privatocrazia,” Italia Oggi, 2022.

“When Philanthropy is Uncivil,” HistPhil, 2021.

“The Problem With Discretionary Philanthropy,” HistPhil, September 2018.

“Democracy and Philanthropy” (with Rob Reich and Lucy Bernholz). Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2013.

Media Mentions

The New York Times;The Washington Post; The Guardian; The Associated Press; ABC News; Vox; Newsy; LA Review of Books; The Baffler; The Intercept; New York Magazine;The Chronicle of Philanthropy; Inside Philanthropy; Harvard Crimson; The Conversation, Stanford Social Innovation Review, La Repubblica.