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The unseen connections behind international affairs, disaster, politics, and more. By Jonathan M. Katz.

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Toward a theory of Tucker CarlsonWhy cable's king of hate and his allies are so angry about getting what they want
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Inside the chapter: ShanghaiListen now (69 min) | In which we talk about China’s transformation, a bad walking tour of China’s richest city, and a deleted scene
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What's new (and what isn't) in the NYT's big Haiti storySome service journalism about some (potential) service journalism
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The bipartisan death caucusNow that’s not fair, Katz, you may be saying, Biden wanted to mitigate the pandemic AND funnel tens of billions of dollars to the arms industry.
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The illegitimacy of the Dobbs CourtSix people are about to take away the reproductive freedom of hundreds of millions of Americans — rights that have been often taken for granted, even as…
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The latest forecast for the war: profitsYesterday, the Biden White House asked Congress to fund a massive infusion of cash and weapons in Ukraine’s name. The headline number of the package …
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The books behind the book, Vol. 3This week, two corners of Twitter got in a fight over sourcing and attribution in nonfiction. The debate was sparked by a Washington Post excerpt of Kim…
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Gangsters Movie Night 5: White ZombieIn this episode we go to Haiti via the 1932 horror cult classic White Zombie. Starring Bela Lugosi as “Murder Legendre" and set during the then-ongoing…
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Getting off the fenceIf we're serious about prosecuting Russia's war crimes, we need to get serious about America's as well
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Money for nukingAt the heart of the Biden administration's behemoth $813 billion defense budget request for FY2023 is an all-out nuclear spending spree. The main item…
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Inside the chapter: NicaraguaWe’re turning the tables this week, as Racket researcher Annie Malcolm interrogates me about the making of a chapter of Gangsters of Capitalism…
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Naïve Militarism and the "Lessons" of Neville ChamberlainPacifism did not cause World War II. Avoiding it won't stop World War III.
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The Racket

The unseen connections behind international affairs, disaster, politics, and more. By Jonathan M. Katz.
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