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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    Explainers
    “Soros-backed”: The GOP’s favorite attack on the man prosecuting Trump, explained“Soros-backed”: The GOP’s favorite attack on the man prosecuting Trump, explained
    Explainers

    How billionaire George Soros was dragged into the Trump indictment debate — and why many are saying it’s antisemitic to have done so.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Policy
    The Catch-22 of indicting TrumpThe Catch-22 of indicting Trump
    Policy

    Does prosecuting Trump help or hurt the rule of law? Yes.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Policy
    The best precedent for Trump’s indictment is (gulp) IsraelThe best precedent for Trump’s indictment is (gulp) Israel
    Policy

    The recent chaos in Israel shows how Trump’s indictment could set America aflame.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Netanyahu finally went too farNetanyahu finally went too far
    Politics

    Israel’s prime minister is backing down from his power grab for now. But Israel’s crisis isn’t over.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Explainers
    India’s ruling party just kicked a major rival out of Parliament — and sparked a new crisisIndia’s ruling party just kicked a major rival out of Parliament — and sparked a new crisis
    Explainers

    Rahul Gandhi’s expulsion from the Lok Sabha is the latest sign of Indian democracy’s decline.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    A bad year for the bad guys
    Politics

    In key countries around the world, 2022 was the year democracy proved it could fight back.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Technology
    The 80-year-old book that explains Elon Musk and tech’s new right-wing tiltThe 80-year-old book that explains Elon Musk and tech’s new right-wing tilt
    Technology

    The long shadow of James Burnham’s The Managerial Revolution.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    World Politics
    The bizarre far-right coup attempt in Germany, explained by an expertThe bizarre far-right coup attempt in Germany, explained by an expert
    World Politics

    Understanding the Reichsbürger, a QAnon-influenced radical movement that just tried to make a minor noble the new king of Germany.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Religion
    Kanye West and the end of “wink-nudge” antisemitismKanye West and the end of “wink-nudge” antisemitism
    Religion

    What Kanye West really told us.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    The deep roots of antisemitism’s resurgence in America
    Politics

    “I think we are at the moment living in the high tide of American antisemitism,” one historian says.

    By Zack Beauchamp