Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein joined Opinion in 2021. Previously, he was the founder, editor in chief and then editor at large of Vox; the host of the podcast “The Ezra Klein Show”; and the author of “Why We’re Polarized.” Before that, he was a columnist and editor at The Washington Post, where he founded and led the Wonkblog vertical.

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A Close Examination of the Most Infamous Public Toilet in America
We think of adding regulation as something liberals do and removing regulation as something conservatives do. But that is only part of the story.
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Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
There’s a better way to do email.
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Fine, Call It a Comeback
The best line in Biden’s State of the Union was a surprise.
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The Democratic Party Is Having an ‘Identity Crisis’
They’re built to win in 2024. But what happens afterward?
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Gen Z Is Listening to What Netanyahu Is Saying. Is Biden?
Israel is losing the support of a generation, not just a few student groups. And it is losing it because of what it does, not what it is.
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I Am Going to Miss Pitchfork, but That’s Only Half the Problem
The middle is collapsing in media.
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The Books That Explain Where We Are in 2023
Most of them didn’t appear this year.
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The Unsettling Lesson of the OpenAI Mess
Science fiction writers and A.I. researchers have long feared the machine you can’t turn off.
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The Chief Ideologist of the Silicon Valley Elite Has Some Strange Ideas
The reactionary futurism of Marc Andreessen.
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Two Theories of What I’m Getting Wrong
Is it impossible for liberalism to build?
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