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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    Politics
    Facebook blocked the spread of a liberal article because a conservative told it toFacebook blocked the spread of a liberal article because a conservative told it to
    Politics

    How Facebook’s supposedly unbiased fact-checking can go very wrong.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Barack Obama’s crucial insight into the crisis of American democracyBarack Obama’s crucial insight into the crisis of American democracy
    Politics

    He’s clear on who broke things: Republicans.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Women are running — and winning — in 2018
    Julia Salazar, the socialist politician accused of lying about her past, explainedJulia Salazar, the socialist politician accused of lying about her past, explained
    Women are running — and winning — in 2018

    Salazar, a state Senate candidate in New York, identifies as Jewish, with a working-class immigrant background. Some critics don’t buy it.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Kavanaugh, the NYT op-ed, and the failure of Trump-skeptical RepublicansKavanaugh, the NYT op-ed, and the failure of Trump-skeptical Republicans
    Politics

    Some Republicans know Trump is a menace — but can’t bring themselves to act.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    In defense of the New York Times’s anonymous Trump officialIn defense of the New York Times’s anonymous Trump official
    Politics

    Think what would happen if nobody were stopping Trump from doing whatever he wants.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Trump just proposed an extremely weird conspiracy theory about Bob WoodwardTrump just proposed an extremely weird conspiracy theory about Bob Woodward
    Politics

    Brett Kavanaugh is involved.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    The Steve Bannon-New Yorker controversy, explainedThe Steve Bannon-New Yorker controversy, explained
    Politics

    Bannon was invited to appear at the New Yorker Festival — and very quickly disinvited.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    The myth of a campus free speech crisisThe myth of a campus free speech crisis
    Politics

    What a critic of my recent piece on free speech in academia gets wrong.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    The organizer of the Charlottesville rally just got humiliated by his own fatherThe organizer of the Charlottesville rally just got humiliated by his own father
    Politics

    “Get out of my room,” Jason Kessler’s father said to him during a live stream.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    A historian explains how mainstream conservatives made TrumpA historian explains how mainstream conservatives made Trump
    Politics

    “The embryo of Trumpism [was] lurking within ’90s conservatism.”

    By Zack Beauchamp