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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    Politics
    Canada is so furious at the US right nowCanada is so furious at the US right now
    Politics

    Vox’s correspondent in Canada reports on the reaction to Trump’s tariffs.

    By Sean Collins and Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    The right’s new embrace of an old idea about raceThe right’s new embrace of an old idea about race
    On the Right

    The online right loves talking about “IQ.” Guess why.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Explain It to Me
    Why do US politics affect the rest of the world?Why do US politics affect the rest of the world?
    Explain It to Me

    America is still the most influential country in the world, for better or worse.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    How Donald Trump is remaking America
    The obscure manifesto that explains the Trump-Musk power grabThe obscure manifesto that explains the Trump-Musk power grab
    How Donald Trump is remaking America

    Russ Vought, Trump’s OMB director, wrote an essay in 2022 that reads like a blueprint for what was to come.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    How to stop Trump’s power grabHow to stop Trump’s power grab
    Politics

    Trump isn’t inevitable. Here’s a plan to keep democracy intact.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    An eerie prophecy of Trump’s second term — from 1998An eerie prophecy of Trump’s second term — from 1998
    On the Right

    Philosopher Richard Rorty predicted that someone like Trump might bring back public cruelty.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Their democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump’s power grab.Their democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump’s power grab.
    Politics

    Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    Trump is already acting like a kingTrump is already acting like a king
    On the Right

    The order to shut off federal grants reveals a vision of the presidency at odds with basic democratic principles.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Elon Musk doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubtElon Musk doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt
    Politics

    Elon Musk’s Nazi trolling exposes the collapse of America’s guardrails against some of history’s foulest ideas.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    How Trump will hide his anti-democratic politics in plain sightHow Trump will hide his anti-democratic politics in plain sight
    On the Right

    The executive orders expose the strategy: claim to be defending democracy as you dismantle it.

    By Zack Beauchamp