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Ezra Klein

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The Forgotten Economic Idea Democrats Need to Rediscover

A neglected theory that helps explain today’s problems.

by Ezra Klein via Vox on May 17, 2019
American Democracy Has Faced Worse Threats Than Donald Trump

The golden age of American politics was illiberal, undemocratic, and bloody.

by Ezra Klein via Vox on May 10, 2018
Sam Harris, Charles Murray, and the Allure of Race Science

This is not "forbidden knowledge." It is America’s most ancient justification for bigotry and racial inequality.

by Ezra Klein via Vox on March 27, 2018
Bryan Stevenson Explains How It Feels To Grow Up Black Amid Confederate Monuments

"I think we have to increase our shame — and I don't think shame is a bad thing."

by Ezra Klein, Bryan Stevenson via Vox on May 24, 2017
Unpopular Mandate

Why do politicians reverse their positions?

by Ezra Klein via The New Yorker on June 25, 2012

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Crowd pointing to UFO over Chrysler Building

How Washington Got Hooked on Flying Saucers

A collection of well-funded UFO obsessives are using their Capitol Hill connections to launder some outré, and potentially dangerous, ideas.

by Jason Colavito via The New Republic on May 21, 2021

John Sherman’s Struggle to Preserve Democracy: How 1860 Connects to 2020

This is not the first time that democratic governance appeared to be under assault.

by Daniel W. Crofts via Muster on March 17, 2020

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Forget About It

Warnings against "normalizing" outrageous political acts misstate the problem. It’s never the immediate present that gets normalized — it’s the not-so-distant past.

by Corey Robin via Harper's on April 1, 2018

Alexander Hamilton

The Hamilton Hustle

Why liberals have embraced our most dangerously reactionary founder.

by Matt Stoller via The Baffler on January 1, 2017

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