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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

Co-Founder

    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

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    Is Big Tech addictive? A debate with Nir Eyal.Is Big Tech addictive? A debate with Nir Eyal.
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    Ezra Klein and Nir Eyal, author of Hooked and Indistractable, disagree over the role of technology in hijacking our attention.

    By Ezra Klein
    The media amplifies Trump’s racism. Should it stop?
    Politics

    Perhaps, to receive the coverage he seeks, Trump should have to normalize himself.

    By Ezra Klein
    The Gray Area
    “No permanent friends, no permanent enemies”: inside the Sunrise Movement’s plan to save humanity“No permanent friends, no permanent enemies”: inside the Sunrise Movement’s plan to save humanity
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    The Gray Area

    A conversation with Varshini Prakash, the activist leading the charge for the Green New Deal.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Pete Buttigieg had the most important answer at the Democratic debatePete Buttigieg had the most important answer at the Democratic debate
    Politics

    Buttigieg is right about why Democrats keep failing to pass their big plans.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Why aren’t voters more willing to abandon a health system that’s failing?Why aren’t voters more willing to abandon a health system that’s failing?
    Politics

    Medicare-for-all needs a better answer to the public’s fears.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    The case for a universal basic income, open borders, and a 15-hour workweekThe case for a universal basic income, open borders, and a 15-hour workweek
    Politics

    Rutger Bregman, author of Utopia for Realists, talks to Ezra Klein about the power and purpose of utopian thinking.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    How “Medicare Extra” gets to universal coverage without single-payerHow “Medicare Extra” gets to universal coverage without single-payer
    Politics

    An analysis of the Center for American Progress’s plan finds it covers everyone, cuts costs by $300 billion, and keeps (some) private insurance.

    By Ezra Klein
    Podcasts
    George Will makes the conservative case against democracyGeorge Will makes the conservative case against democracy
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    Podcasts

    Where George Will thinks America went wrong.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Trump vs. “the Squad”Trump vs. “the Squad”
    Politics

    Trump reunited the Democrats to further his narrative.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    What Donald Trump got right, and Justin Amash got wrong, about conservativesWhat Donald Trump got right, and Justin Amash got wrong, about conservatives
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    Conservatism is an identity more than an ideology, and Trump knows it.

    By Ezra Klein