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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

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    How a 2006 book by a Harvard professor explains the Trumpist right’s gender politicsHow a 2006 book by a Harvard professor explains the Trumpist right’s gender politics
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    Harvey Mansfield’s book on “manliness” prefigured JD Vance’s musings about “childless cat ladies” by nearly two decades.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    How Kamala Harris goaded (and goaded and goaded) Trump into a debate trainwreckHow Kamala Harris goaded (and goaded and goaded) Trump into a debate trainwreck
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    Harris found Trump’s biggest weakness: His ego.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    Conservatives are shocked — shocked! — that Tucker Carlson is soft on NazisConservatives are shocked — shocked! — that Tucker Carlson is soft on Nazis
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    Carlson’s interview with a Holocaust revisionist shows how he got away with mainstreaming bigotry for so many years.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    The real reason Netanyahu won’t end the Gaza warThe real reason Netanyahu won’t end the Gaza war
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    The Israeli public has turned against Netanyahu’s war, but they can’t stop it.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    Trump’s biggest fans aren’t who you thinkTrump’s biggest fans aren’t who you think
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    A new book shows how people are getting the right’s class appeal all wrong.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    An inside look at how the far right is mainstreaming itselfAn inside look at how the far right is mainstreaming itself
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    An radical troll got unmasked — and then spilled the beans.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    The moment when Kamala Harris’s speech came aliveThe moment when Kamala Harris’s speech came alive
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    The Democratic nominee got foreign policy — and especially Israel-Palestine — right.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    One way that Kamala Harris needs to be more like Joe BidenOne way that Kamala Harris needs to be more like Joe Biden
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    Biden had a proven argument against Trump that Harris isn’t using enough.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    What Barack Obama’s DNC speech was actually aboutWhat Barack Obama’s DNC speech was actually about
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    Beneath the campaign rhetoric, Obama offered a strikingly philosophical defense of American liberalism.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    How the DNC solved its Joe Biden problemHow the DNC solved its Joe Biden problem
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    The donkeys ignored the elephant in the room. And it worked.

    By Zack Beauchamp