Franklin Foer

Franklin Foer is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of World Without Mind and How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization.

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The Triumph of Kleptocracy

With Donald Trump’s pardon of Paul Manafort, kleptocracy has successfully waited out its enemies.
- Franklin Foer
- December 23, 2020
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The Monster Publishing Merger Is About Amazon

Penguin Random House purchasing Simon & Schuster is not the gravest danger to the publishing business. The deal is transpiring in a larger context—and that context is Amazon.
- Franklin Foer
- November 25, 2020
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Winning Was the Easy Part

Now Joe Biden needs to repair a badly broken country.
- Franklin Foer
- November 7, 2020
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Trump Thinks He’s Found Biden’s Greatest Vulnerability

In targeting Hunter Biden, the president is waging psychological warfare against the Democratic nominee.
- Franklin Foer
- October 22, 2020
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The Irony of the Google Antitrust Suit

Donald Trump and Bill Barr are biting the hand that fed them.
- Franklin Foer
- October 21, 2020
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Joe Biden Has Changed

He’s preparing for a transformative presidency.
- Franklin Foer
- October 16, 2020
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L’État, C’est Trump

The government is coming to resemble its vindictive, delusional leader.
- Franklin Foer
- October 2, 2020
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How Donald Trump Is Killing Politics

Peaceful coexistence requires a system of compromise. Targeting that system is a recipe for violence.
- Franklin Foer
- August 31, 2020
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Russiagate Was Not a Hoax

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence confirmed what the Mueller report could not.
- Franklin Foer
- August 19, 2020
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The Good Son

Polished, soft-spoken, and a self-styled moderate, Jared Kushner has become his father-in-law’s most dangerous enabler.
- Franklin Foer
- August 13, 2020
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The Tech Giants Are Dangerous, and Congress Knows It

The biggest platforms are a new kind of monopoly. At last, lawmakers have figured out why that’s a problem.
- Franklin Foer
- July 29, 2020
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What Big Tech Wants Out of the Pandemic

The firms are all too eager to help the government manage the coronavirus crisis.
- Franklin Foer
- July/August 2020 Issue
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The Trump Regime Is Beginning to Topple

The best way to grasp the magnitude of what we’re seeing is to look for precedents abroad.
- Franklin Foer
- June 6, 2020
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Biden Has Changed—For the Better

If one of the ultimate purposes of protest is to push politicians, Biden has shown that he is willing to be pushed.
- Franklin Foer
- June 3, 2020
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Putin Is Well on His Way to Stealing the Next Election

RIP democracy
- Franklin Foer
- June 2020 Issue
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Are Community Hospitals Ready for the Coronavirus?

A physician describes the gap between well-resourced institutions and those struggling to prepare.
- Franklin Foer
- March 30, 2020
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A Doctor Warns of the ‘Biggest Risk’ We Face Right Now

Can we keep health-care workers healthy enough to provide care?
- Franklin Foer
- March 18, 2020
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The Coming Bailout Is a Moral Failure

Congress has leverage to rebalance the economy, but so far, it isn’t using it.
- Franklin Foer
- March 17, 2020
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A Frontline Physician Speaks Out on the Coronavirus

“I’ve been walking around for the last week seeing what’s coming and feeling somehow unable to share that clearly and effectively.”
- Franklin Foer
- March 16, 2020
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It’s Jeff Bezos’s Planet Now

In an age of political dysfunction, the Amazon founder has begun to subsume the powers of the state.
- Franklin Foer
- February 20, 2020

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