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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

Co-Founder

    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

    The case for normalizing impeachment
    Understanding the Trump era

    Impeaching an unfit president has consequences. But leaving one in office could be worse.

    By Ezra Klein
    Explainers
    Beyond the gossip, Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury reveals a president in crisisBeyond the gossip, Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury reveals a president in crisis
    Explainers

    Donald Trump’s staff knew he shouldn’t be president. Now they have to deal with the fact that he is.

    By Ezra Klein
    The Gray Area
    Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on Trump’s “shitshow,” the GOP’s “rot,” and the left’s failuresPod Save America’s Jon Favreau on Trump’s “shitshow,” the GOP’s “rot,” and the left’s failures
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    “One thing I worry about on the left is forgetting that we need to persuade others.”

    By Ezra Klein
    The Gray Area
    Trump has given North Korea “the greatest gift ever”Trump has given North Korea “the greatest gift ever”
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    How Trump is playing into North Korea’s hands — and making war more likely.

    By Ezra Klein
    The Gray Area
    The best books of 2017, according to Ezra KleinThe best books of 2017, according to Ezra Klein
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    Books to better understand Trump, to defend yourself from information overload, to imagine the future.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    What Trump didn’t do in 2017What Trump didn’t do in 2017
    Politics

    Imagine if we had spent 2017 with a competent White House working to solve America’s hardest problems.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Incoherent, authoritarian, uninformed: Trump’s New York Times interview is a scary readIncoherent, authoritarian, uninformed: Trump’s New York Times interview is a scary read
    Politics

    The president of the United States is not well.

    By Ezra Klein
    The Gray Area
    The inside story of Doug Jones’s win in AlabamaThe inside story of Doug Jones’s win in Alabama
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    A top Doug Jones staffer explains the Alabama win.

    By Ezra Klein
    The Gray Area
    Rebecca Traister on the coming #MeToo backlashRebecca Traister on the coming #MeToo backlash
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    “People will jump on any excuse to make this conversation stop.”

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    The Republican tax bill is an American betrayalThe Republican tax bill is an American betrayal
    Politics

    The American people voted for populism. They got plutocracy.

    By Ezra Klein