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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    Explainers
    India’s ruling party just kicked a major rival out of Parliament — and sparked a new crisisIndia’s ruling party just kicked a major rival out of Parliament — and sparked a new crisis
    Explainers

    Rahul Gandhi’s expulsion from the Lok Sabha is the latest sign of Indian democracy’s decline.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    A bad year for the bad guys
    Politics

    In key countries around the world, 2022 was the year democracy proved it could fight back.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Technology
    The 80-year-old book that explains Elon Musk and tech’s new right-wing tiltThe 80-year-old book that explains Elon Musk and tech’s new right-wing tilt
    Technology

    The long shadow of James Burnham’s The Managerial Revolution.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    World Politics
    The bizarre far-right coup attempt in Germany, explained by an expertThe bizarre far-right coup attempt in Germany, explained by an expert
    World Politics

    Understanding the Reichsbürger, a QAnon-influenced radical movement that just tried to make a minor noble the new king of Germany.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Religion
    Kanye West and the end of “wink-nudge” antisemitismKanye West and the end of “wink-nudge” antisemitism
    Religion

    What Kanye West really told us.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    The deep roots of antisemitism’s resurgence in America
    Politics

    “I think we are at the moment living in the high tide of American antisemitism,” one historian says.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    The 2022 midterm elections, explained
    How the right’s radical thinkers are coping with the midtermsHow the right’s radical thinkers are coping with the midterms
    The 2022 midterm elections, explained

    The New Right emerged to theorize Trumpism’s rise. Can they explain its defeat?

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    What Trump vs. DeSantis says about the future of the American rightWhat Trump vs. DeSantis says about the future of the American right
    Politics

    DeSantis’s governing style isn’t a break with Trumpism, but its evolution.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    The 2022 midterm elections, explained
    The Supreme Court lost Republicans the midtermsThe Supreme Court lost Republicans the midterms
    The 2022 midterm elections, explained

    A leading Democratic data analyst explains what happened in 2022 — and why abortion proved to be the decisive issue.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    The 2022 midterm elections, explained
    The midterms showed American democracy won’t go down without a fightThe midterms showed American democracy won’t go down without a fight
    The 2022 midterm elections, explained

    Election deniers performed surprisingly poorly at the ballot box in 2022. That’s a good sign for democracy.

    By Zack Beauchamp