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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

Co-Founder

    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

    Politics
    How inequality is changing the Republican Party — and breaking American politicsHow inequality is changing the Republican Party — and breaking American politics
    Politics

    A new book tries to untangle the relationship between white identity politics and skyrocketing inequality.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Bryan Stevenson on how America can healBryan Stevenson on how America can heal
    Podcast
    Politics

    A conversation about truth and reconciliation in the US.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    How Biden is winningHow Biden is winning
    Politics

    Joe Biden refuses to play into Donald Trump’s hands.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    What a post-Trump Republican Party might look likeWhat a post-Trump Republican Party might look like
    Podcast
    Politics

    American Compass founder Oren Cass on why conservatives need to challenge free-market economic orthodoxy.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Masha Gessen on the frightening fragility of America’s political institutionsMasha Gessen on the frightening fragility of America’s political institutions
    Podcast
    Politics

    Can American democracy survive Donald Trump?

    By Ezra Klein
    Farmers and animal rights activists are coming together to fight big factory farms
    Future Perfect

    Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren have a new bill, and a new coalition, with far-reaching consequences.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    The radicalism of the American Revolution — and its lessons for todayThe radicalism of the American Revolution — and its lessons for today
    Podcast
    Politics

    Harvard political theorist Danielle Allen discusses the US’s founding, prison abolition, and the future of democracy.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Trumpism, not polarization, drives America’s disastrous coronavirus politicsTrumpism, not polarization, drives America’s disastrous coronavirus politics
    Politics

    “This outcome is a policy choice. The unnecessary lives lost. The long-term effects we don’t even know about yet on our vital organs. It’s all a policy choice.”

    By Ezra Klein
    Podcasts
    How technology literally changes our brainsHow technology literally changes our brains
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    Nicholas Carr on deep reading and digital thinking.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Trump’s reality TV presidency is being crushed by realityTrump’s reality TV presidency is being crushed by reality
    Politics

    Trump is falling in the polls because he’s failing the country.

    By Ezra Klein