Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he covers challenges to democracy in the United States and abroad, right-wing populism, and the world of ideas. He has received funding awards from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to report on democratic decline in Israel and Hungary in the field, and is the author of On The Right, a newsletter on the American conservative movement. He has appeared on a wide range of television and radio networks, including MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, BBC, CBC, ABC (Australia), and Al Jazeera.

His work focuses on the rise of the populist right across the West, the role of identity in American politics, and how fringe ideologies shape the mainstream. He has an MSc from the London School of Economics in International Relations and grew up in Washington, D.C., where he currently lives with his wife and two (rescue) dogs.

His book on democracy, The Reactionary Spirit, was published 0n July 16 — and you can purchase it here.

 

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