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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

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    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

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    Pelosi’s ex-chief of staff on Cantor’s lossPelosi’s ex-chief of staff on Cantor’s loss
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    So how’s John Boehner feeling tonight?

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    This thing I didn’t predict was always obviousThis thing I didn’t predict was always obvious
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    Guess it’s that time of night.

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    11 political lessons from Eric Cantor’s loss11 political lessons from Eric Cantor’s loss
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    John Boehner must be having an emotionally complicated evening.

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    Why the NCAA is on trial todayWhy the NCAA is on trial today
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    Ezra Klein talks with Taylor Branch, who compares the NCAA to a plantation system

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    40 maps that explain food in America40 maps that explain food in America
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    Where our food comes from, how we eat it, and what we drink to wash it down

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    More climate change pessimismMore climate change pessimism
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    I’m becoming a real downer lately.

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    7 reasons America will fail on climate change7 reasons America will fail on climate change
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    Why I’m a global warming pessimist.

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    12 ways to fix the youth unemployment crisis12 ways to fix the youth unemployment crisis
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    The national unemployment rate is down to around six percent. But youth unemployment is still in the double digits.

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    How the American Prospect changed journalismHow the American Prospect changed journalism
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    Remember Tapped, the birthplace of the policy blogosphere.

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    Ta-Nehisi Coates on the math of American racismTa-Nehisi Coates on the math of American racism
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    “We have 50 years of kind of trying to fix 350 years of really immoral wrong.”

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