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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    The 6 thinkers who would define a second Trump term
    America’s faultlines

    From a tech world monarchist to a deceased advocate of state-run economies, meet the thinkers driving the Trump-era right.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Why Trump’s lies about Haitians are differentWhy Trump’s lies about Haitians are different
    Politics

    Trump says nasty things about immigrants all the time. But these ones have disturbingly specific Nazi parallels.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Laura Loomer, Trump’s new favorite conspiracy theorist, explainedLaura Loomer, Trump’s new favorite conspiracy theorist, explained
    Politics

    Trump’s increasingly close ties to the “proud Islamophobe” expose some ugly truths his allies would rather keep hidden.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    How the GOP became the party of racist memes against Haitian immigrantsHow the GOP became the party of racist memes against Haitian immigrants
    Politics

    Back in 2016, the alt-right tried to normalize joyful bigotry. It worked.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    How a 2006 book by a Harvard professor explains the Trumpist right’s gender politicsHow a 2006 book by a Harvard professor explains the Trumpist right’s gender politics
    Politics

    Harvey Mansfield’s book on “manliness” prefigured JD Vance’s musings about “childless cat ladies” by nearly two decades.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    How Kamala Harris goaded (and goaded and goaded) Trump into a debate trainwreckHow Kamala Harris goaded (and goaded and goaded) Trump into a debate trainwreck
    Politics

    Harris found Trump’s biggest weakness: His ego.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Conservatives are shocked — shocked! — that Tucker Carlson is soft on NazisConservatives are shocked — shocked! — that Tucker Carlson is soft on Nazis
    Politics

    Carlson’s interview with a Holocaust revisionist shows how he got away with mainstreaming bigotry for so many years.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    The real reason Netanyahu won’t end the Gaza warThe real reason Netanyahu won’t end the Gaza war
    Politics

    The Israeli public has turned against Netanyahu’s war, but they can’t stop it.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Trump’s biggest fans aren’t who you thinkTrump’s biggest fans aren’t who you think
    Politics

    A new book shows how people are getting the right’s class appeal all wrong.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    An inside look at how the far right is mainstreaming itselfAn inside look at how the far right is mainstreaming itself
    Politics

    An radical troll got unmasked — and then spilled the beans.

    By Zack Beauchamp