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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

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    These scholars are trying to stop Kirstjen Nielsen from getting a soft landingThese scholars are trying to stop Kirstjen Nielsen from getting a soft landing
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    A challenge to America’s culture of elite impunity.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    White supremacists are trying to recruit American teens through video gamesWhite supremacists are trying to recruit American teens through video games
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    A scholar of gaming culture on what went wrong with “gamer” culture.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    Conservative media’s war on AOC is hammering her poll numbersConservative media’s war on AOC is hammering her poll numbers
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    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s national poll numbers are pretty bad — and conservative media attacks appear to be a key reason why.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    Pete Buttigieg makes the case for “democratic capitalism”Pete Buttigieg makes the case for “democratic capitalism”
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    The rising Democratic candidate on everything from his vision for the economy, military interventionism, and the role of gender in the 2020 campaign.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    Robert Mueller and the collapse of American trustRobert Mueller and the collapse of American trust
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    The reaction to AG William Barr’s Mueller letter reveals a disturbing truth about America.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    The Barr letter is a massive political victory for TrumpThe Barr letter is a massive political victory for Trump
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    Barr’s letter will define the narrative on the Mueller investigation — even if it’s wrong.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    The profound bad faith in the campus free speech debate, in 2 screenshotsThe profound bad faith in the campus free speech debate, in 2 screenshots
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    Two Fox News segments accidentally exposed what’s really going on here.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Trump’s free speech executive order isn’t about free speechTrump’s free speech executive order isn’t about free speech
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    It’s actually about power — specifically, the conservative attempt to seize it on college campuses.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    Trump’s strange rant about John McCain’s funeral, decodedTrump’s strange rant about John McCain’s funeral, decoded
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    There’s also some weird stuff about Russia, naturally.

    By Zack Beauchamp
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    The Ilhan Omar anti-Semitism controversy, explainedThe Ilhan Omar anti-Semitism controversy, explained
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    Why her comments about “allegiance” to Israel created such a firestorm — and why it all matters.

    By Zack Beauchamp