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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    5 winners and 3 losers from Biden’s first congressional address
    Politics

    Winner: Obamacare. Loser: Wall Street.

    By Andrew Prokop, Anna North and 6 more
    Politics
    Biden’s fake burger ban and the rising culture war over meatBiden’s fake burger ban and the rising culture war over meat
    Politics

    Biden’s not taking away your meat, as Republicans claimed this weekend. But partisan conflict over eating animals is just getting started.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    How broken policing is breaking our democracyHow broken policing is breaking our democracy
    Politics

    A body of political science research finds that our criminal justice system suppresses the votes of Black people — in ways beyond the obvious.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    The next big voting rights fight is in Texas
    Politics

    Texas is already one of the most restrictive states in the country. Republicans want new rules that would make things worse.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Yes, the Georgia election law is that badYes, the Georgia election law is that bad
    Politics

    The debate over whether Georgia’s law really suppresses voting reveals just how imperiled American democracy is.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Study: Republican control of state government is bad for democracyStudy: Republican control of state government is bad for democracy
    Politics

    New research quantifies the health of democracy at the state level — and Republican-governed states tend to perform much worse.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    The conservative movement is rejecting America
    Politics

    A recent essay in a prominent right-wing outlet gives an unusually clear window into the modern right’s anti-democratic worldview.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Explainers
    Georgia’s restrictive new voting law, explainedGeorgia’s restrictive new voting law, explained
    Explainers

    The very worst provisions enable partisan Republicans to seize control of election boards in Democratic counties.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    3 losers and 2 winners from Biden’s first press conference
    Politics

    Winner: A return to normalcy. Loser: Americans still worried about the Covid-19 pandemic.

    By Nicole Narea, German Lopez and 3 more
    Politics
    The filibuster’s racist history, explainedThe filibuster’s racist history, explained
    Politics

    “It’s been a tool used overwhelmingly by racists,” says Kevin Kruse, a historian of race and American politics at Princeton University.

    By Zack Beauchamp