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Why cable's king of hate and his allies are so angry about getting what they want

May 20

Inside the chapter: Shanghai Listen now (69 min) | In which we talk about China’s transformation, a bad walking tour of China’s richest city, and a deleted scene

May 15

Some service journalism about some (potential) service journalism

May 24

Now 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.

May 13

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Six 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…

May 6

Yesterday, 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 …

Apr 29

This 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…

Apr 21

Gangsters Movie Night 5: White Zombie In 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…

Apr 10

If we're serious about prosecuting Russia's war crimes, we need to get serious about America's as well

Apr 8

At 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…

Apr 1

Inside the chapter: Nicaragua We’re turning the tables this week, as Racket researcher Annie Malcolm interrogates me about the making of a chapter of Gangsters of Capitalism…

Mar 29

Pacifism did not cause World War II. Avoiding it won't stop World War III.

Mar 25

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The Racket

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

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