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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    Politics
    The January 6 committee’s biggest task is getting people to careThe January 6 committee’s biggest task is getting people to care
    Politics

    The committee’s evidence against Trump could well be damning. It still might not be enough to overcome polarization and public fatigue.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Mass shootings typically lead to looser gun laws, not stronger onesMass shootings typically lead to looser gun laws, not stronger ones
    Politics

    Scholars of gun politics have found a striking — and disturbing — pattern.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    World Politics
    Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.
    World Politics

    It was one of the world’s largest mandatory gun buybacks — and it was a smashing success.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Criminal Justice
    A child can’t be a “good guy with a gun”A child can’t be a “good guy with a gun”
    Criminal Justice

    How a gun rights myth paved the way for nightmares like Uvalde.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    The European country where “replacement theory” reigns supremeThe European country where “replacement theory” reigns supreme
    Politics

    How Hungary turned replacement theory into state ideology.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    The Philippine election is the latest example of illiberalism’s popularityThe Philippine election is the latest example of illiberalism’s popularity
    Politics

    The landslide victory of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the country’s longtime dictator, has exposed one of liberal democracy’s greatest vulnerabilities.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    A neo-Nazi idea to spark a race war inspired the Buffalo killings
    Politics

    The Buffalo shooting has roots in “accelerationism,” a neo-Nazi idea linked to a wave of recent hate killings.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    The new Russian offensive in Ukraine isn’t going much better than the previous oneThe new Russian offensive in Ukraine isn’t going much better than the previous one
    Politics

    Russia has scaled down its objectives in Ukraine. It’s still struggling to achieve them.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Ron DeSantis is following a trail blazed by a Hungarian authoritarian
    Politics

    The Florida governor isn’t doing “competent Trumpism.” He’s inventing American Orbánism.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Russia’s offensive in the Donbas can’t make up for its failure in Kyiv
    Politics

    How to understand the new phase in the Ukraine war — and why, in the big picture, Russia has probably already lost.

    By Zack Beauchamp