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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    Politics
    What’s going on with Brexit, explained in under 500 wordsWhat’s going on with Brexit, explained in under 500 words
    Politics

    The EU and UK struck a deal on how it would work. Then all hell broke loose.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    A MAGA outlet just published a piece blaming Trump for the GOP midterm lossA MAGA outlet just published a piece blaming Trump for the GOP midterm loss
    Politics

    American Greatness is very pro-Trump. So this analysis of the midterm elections is striking.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Watch a 2-year-old solve one of philosophy’s most famous moral dilemmas
    Future Perfect

    “Uh oh,” indeed.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Hillary Clinton’s press secretary on why beating Trump in 2020 is harder than you thinkHillary Clinton’s press secretary on why beating Trump in 2020 is harder than you think
    Politics

    Trump’s mastery over the media means opponents can’t coast on his unpopularity. Team Clinton learned that the hard way.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    The Wisconsin high schoolers’ Hitler salute and the problem of “ironic” NazismThe Wisconsin high schoolers’ Hitler salute and the problem of “ironic” Nazism
    Politics

    This is what happens when memory of the Holocaust fades.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Trump’s attack on the Florida recounts is an attack on American democracyTrump’s attack on the Florida recounts is an attack on American democracy
    Politics

    “This development is still almost incalculably bad for American democracy,” says one political scientist.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Midterm Elections 2018
    The strange argument that Democrats actually lost the midterms, debunkedThe strange argument that Democrats actually lost the midterms, debunked
    Midterm Elections 2018

    What centrists like Nick Kristof and Bret Stephens get wrong about the midterms.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    We aren’t alarmed enough about Jeff Sessions’s firingWe aren’t alarmed enough about Jeff Sessions’s firing
    Politics

    The attorney general’s departure — and our response to it — shows how Trump is eroding democracy.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    World Politics
    Read Jeff Sessions’s resignation letterRead Jeff Sessions’s resignation letter
    World Politics

    There’s one particularly intriguing ambiguous paragraph.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Watch Trump shout down a black reporter asking him about racismWatch Trump shout down a black reporter asking him about racism
    Politics

    “That’s a racist question,” Trump said to PBS’s Yamiche Alcindor.

    By Zack Beauchamp