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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

Co-Founder

    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

    Politics
    Sanders can’t lead the Democrats if his campaign treats them like the enemySanders can’t lead the Democrats if his campaign treats them like the enemy
    Politics

    What Bernie needs to learn from Biden.

    By Ezra Klein
    Podcasts
    Rebecca Solnit on Harvey Weinstein, feminism, and social changeRebecca Solnit on Harvey Weinstein, feminism, and social change
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    “One of the great activist-essayists of our age” joins The Ezra Klein Show.

    By Ezra Klein
    Podcasts
    Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith on the purpose and power of poetryPulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith on the purpose and power of poetry
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    The two-time American poet laureate joins The Ezra Klein Show for a powerful conversation on love, language, and more.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    The crucial debate Democrats almost had in South CarolinaThe crucial debate Democrats almost had in South Carolina
    Politics

    The alternative universe of the Democratic primary cracked, but just briefly.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Bernie Sanders and the socialist ethicBernie Sanders and the socialist ethic
    Politics

    What it means for Democrats to nominate a Sanders-style socialist.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Bloomberg’s plan to buy the presidency endangers democracyBloomberg’s plan to buy the presidency endangers democracy
    Politics

    Even if Bloomberg would be a good president, he’d be a terrible precedent.

    By Ezra Klein
    Podcasts
    Ta-Nehisi Coates on why political power isn’t enough for the rightTa-Nehisi Coates on why political power isn’t enough for the right
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    Ta-Nehisi Coates and Vox’s Ezra Klein discuss cultural power, demographic change, and Ezra’s “cold, atheist book.”

    By Ezra Klein
    Everybody Covered: What the US can learn from other countries’ health systems
    Features

    What the US can learn from other countries’ health systems.

    By Dylan Scott, Ezra Klein and 1 more
    After Obama, Democrats need a new theory of change. Pete Buttigieg thinks he’s got it.
    Politics

    The most important debate in the Democratic primary is over how to make governing great again.

    By Ezra Klein
    Podcasts
    “We’re in the climax of a movie”: Tim Urban on humanity’s wild future“We’re in the climax of a movie”: Tim Urban on humanity’s wild future
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    The Wait But Why creator thinks the human species is at an existential fork in the road.

    By Ezra Klein