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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

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    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

    Health Care
    Justice Kennedy nailed what’s so bizarre about the case against ObamacareJustice Kennedy nailed what’s so bizarre about the case against Obamacare
    Health Care

    If this all sounds crazy, it’s because it is crazy.

    By Ezra Klein
    Health Care
    If Obamacare loses at the Supreme Court, it’s Republican states that sufferIf Obamacare loses at the Supreme Court, it’s Republican states that suffer
    Health Care

    This is the craziest thing about the Republican plan to destroy Obamacare: if they win, their states lose.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    What Hillary Clinton’s emails hide about WashingtonWhat Hillary Clinton’s emails hide about Washington
    Politics

    Hillary Clinton and the failures of Washington’s transparency theater.

    By Ezra Klein
    America’s political system isn’t going to collapse. It’s going to muddle through.
    Features

    The future of American politics is constant, crushing disappointment.

    By Ezra Klein
    Politics
    Dynamic scoring is a good idea with big problemsDynamic scoring is a good idea with big problems
    Politics

    The problem with Congress’s new math.

    By Ezra Klein
    Health Care
    Republicans say they have a plan if the Supreme Court rules against Obamacare. They don’t.Republicans say they have a plan if the Supreme Court rules against Obamacare. They don’t.
    Health Care

    And even if they did have a plan, the House could never pass it.

    By Ezra Klein
    Space
    The best sendoff to Spock came from the International Space StationThe best sendoff to Spock came from the International Space Station
    Space

    A goodbye from the final frontier.

    By Ezra Klein
    archives
    This cartoon is the simplest explanation of the color-changing dressThis cartoon is the simplest explanation of the color-changing dress
    archives

    It’s not about the dress. It’s about what’s around the dress.

    By Ezra Klein
    Hillary Clinton
    Hillary Clinton has a plan to fix Washington. It is not a good plan.Hillary Clinton has a plan to fix Washington. It is not a good plan.
    Hillary Clinton

    “I’d like to bring people from right, left, red, blue, get them into a nice warm purple space where everybody is talking and where we’re actually trying to solve problems.”

    By Ezra Klein
    Video
    The FCC’s new net neutrality rules, explained in 172 secondsThe FCC’s new net neutrality rules, explained in 172 seconds
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    Video

    The Federal Communications Commission has approved its strongest rules yet. Ezra Klein explains what they mean, and how we got here.

    By Ezra Klein