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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

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    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

    The Gray Area
    Here’s how carrying a gun changes how you see the worldHere’s how carrying a gun changes how you see the world
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    Toward a more honest conversation about guns — one that takes identity into account.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Americans unify against foreign threats. Can we unify without one?Americans unify against foreign threats. Can we unify without one?
    Politics

    American identity was forged amid two world wars and the threat of the Soviet Union.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    It’s not just Gary Cohn. Trump’s White House is in a staffing crisis.It’s not just Gary Cohn. Trump’s White House is in a staffing crisis.
    Politics

    The Trump administration is losing its bench even faster than it’s losing its principals.

    By Ezra Klein
    Explainers
    Republicans are about to deregulate banks — with Democratic supportRepublicans are about to deregulate banks — with Democratic support
    Explainers

    12 Senate Democrats are backing a Republican bill to weaken parts of Dodd-Frank.

    By Ezra Klein
    The Gray Area
    This isn’t Joe Kennedy’s grandfather’s Democratic Party, and he knows itThis isn’t Joe Kennedy’s grandfather’s Democratic Party, and he knows it
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    Kennedy thrilled Democrats with his State of the Union response. But what comes next?

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    What Donald Trump understands about conservatismWhat Donald Trump understands about conservatism
    Politics

    “I think now we’ve proved that I’m a conservative, right?”

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    America’s 3 infrastructure problemsAmerica’s 3 infrastructure problems
    Politics

    And whether Donald Trump’s plan solves them.

    By Ezra Klein
    The Gray Area
    How technology is designed to bring out the worst in usHow technology is designed to bring out the worst in us
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    “Technology feels disempowering because we haven’t built it around an honest view of human nature,” says tech critic Tristan Harris.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Facebook, Donald Trump, and the myth of open platformsFacebook, Donald Trump, and the myth of open platforms
    Politics

    Facebook got a lot wrong in 2016. But it wasn’t alone.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Saving DREAMers is only this hard because Donald Trump has made it this hardSaving DREAMers is only this hard because Donald Trump has made it this hard
    Politics

    If Republicans wanted to save DREAMers, they could.

    By Ezra Klein