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What's new (and what isn't) in the NYT's big Haiti story
Some service journalism about some (potential) service journalism
Jonathan M. Katz
May 24
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Toward a theory of Tucker Carlson
Why cable's king of hate and his allies are so angry about getting what they want
Jonathan M. Katz
May 20
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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
Jonathan M. Katz
May 15
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The bipartisan death caucus
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.
Jonathan M. Katz
May 13
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The illegitimacy of the Dobbs Court
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…
Jonathan M. Katz
May 6
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The latest forecast for the war: profits
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 …
Jonathan M. Katz
Apr 29
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The books behind the book, Vol. 3
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…
Jonathan M. Katz
Apr 21
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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…
Jonathan M. Katz
Apr 10
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Getting off the fence
If we're serious about prosecuting Russia's war crimes, we need to get serious about America's as well
Jonathan M. Katz
Apr 8
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Money for nuking
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…
Jonathan M. Katz
Apr 1
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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…
Jonathan M. Katz
Mar 29
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Naïve Militarism and the "Lessons" of Neville Chamberlain
Pacifism did not cause World War II. Avoiding it won't stop World War III.
Jonathan M. Katz
Mar 25
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