71-482: Ezra Klein (born May 9, 1984) is an American journalist, political analyst , New York Times columnist, and the host of The Ezra Klein Show podcast . He is a co-founder of Vox and formerly was the website's editor-at-large . He has held editorial positions at The Washington Post and The American Prospect , and was a regular contributor to Bloomberg News and MSNBC . His first book, Why We're Polarized ,
142-563: A Vox podcast of detailed discussions on public policy. Klein also hosts the podcast The Ezra Klein Show . Klein is an executive producer of Vox 's Netflix series Explained , which debuted in 2018. In October 2019, Klein, along with other reporters from Vox Media , started the podcast Impeachment, Explained . Klein joined the New York Times in 2020 and became one of their opinion columnists in 2021. According to an analysis by British digital strategist Rob Blackie , Klein
213-431: A YouTube channel, several podcasts, and a show presented on Netflix . Vox has been described as left-leaning and progressive . Prior to founding Vox , Ezra Klein worked for The Washington Post as the head of Wonkblog , a public policy blog. When Klein attempted to launch a new site using funding from the newspaper's editors, his proposal was turned down and Klein subsequently left The Washington Post for
284-636: A Hill Press but was rejected. He said the school was never a great fit for him academically or socially. Klein worked on Howard Dean 's primary campaign in Vermont in 2003 and interned for the Washington Monthly in Washington, D.C., in 2004. "The media is as effective and important an agent for change as the legislative bodies, and I think it's where I'm happiest and most effective," Klein said. In 2003, he and Markos Moulitsas were two of
355-527: A card about the term "insurance exchange" may be reused on stories about the Affordable Care Act . Vox uses Vox Media's Chorus content management system , which enables journalists to easily create articles with complex visual effects and transitions, such as photos that change as the reader scrolls. Vox Media's properties target educated households with six-figure incomes and a head of house less than 35 years old. Vox 's Future Perfect ,
426-581: A feature in T magazine. Klein is married to Annie Lowrey , an economic policy reporter at The Atlantic . They have two children, the first born in February 2019 and the second in fall 2021. Klein is vegan. Political science Political science is the scientific study of politics . It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior , and associated constitutions and laws . Political science
497-485: A host of political systems and situations. Other approaches include the study of equation-based models and opinion dynamics. Political theorists approach theories of political phenomena with a similar diversity of positions and tools, including feminist political theory , historical analysis associated with the Cambridge school , and Straussian approaches . Political science may overlap with topics of study that are
568-487: A key role in setting up political science departments that were distinct from history, philosophy, law, sociology, and economics. The journal Political Science Quarterly was established in 1886 by the Academy of Political Science. In the inaugural issue of Political Science Quarterly , Munroe Smith defined political science as "the science of the state. Taken in this sense, it includes the organization and functions of
639-558: A more analytical corpus of knowledge in the discipline. This period saw a surge of research that borrowed theory and methods from economics to study political institutions, such as the United States Congress, as well as political behavior, such as voting. William H. Riker and his colleagues and students at the University of Rochester were the main proponents of this shift. Despite considerable research progress in
710-463: A number of predominantly left-leaning political media outlets, including Vox . Vox received 8.2 million unique visitors in July 2014. In October 2021, readership was estimated to be 19.7 million visitors. In a 2017 interview on Nieman Lab , Klein stated: "We watch our audience data pretty closely, and our audience data does not show or suggest to us that we are overwhelmingly read on one side or
781-664: A position with Vox Media , another communications company, in January 2014. The New York Times ' David Carr associated Klein's exit for Vox with other "big-name journalists" leaving newspapers for digital start-ups, such as Walter Mossberg and Kara Swisher (of Recode , which was later acquired by and integrated into Vox), David Pogue , and Nate Silver . He described Vox Media as "a technology company that produces media" rather than its inverse, associated with "Old Media". From his new position, Klein worked towards establishing Vox , including hiring new journalists for
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#1732780735737852-484: A reporting project that examines the world through philanthropy and effective altruism , is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation . Vox has a YouTube channel by the same name where they have regularly posted videos on news and informational subjects since 2014. These videos are accompanied by an article on their website. The themes covered in the videos are usually similar to the themes covered in
923-547: A rich field for the growth of both normative and positive political science, with each part of the discipline sharing some historical predecessors. The American Political Science Association and the American Political Science Review were founded in 1903 and 1906, respectively, in an effort to distinguish the study of politics from economics and other social phenomena. APSA membership rose from 204 in 1904 to 1,462 in 1915. APSA members played
994-446: A separate constituent college or academic department, then political science may be a separate department housed as part of a division or school of humanities or liberal arts . At some universities, especially research universities and in particular those that have a strong cooperation between research, undergraduate, and graduate faculty with a stronger more applied emphasis in public administration, political science would be taught by
1065-413: A study of human behavior , in all aspects of politics , observations in controlled environments are often challenging to reproduce or duplicate, though experimental methods are increasingly common (see experimental political science ). Citing this difficulty, former American Political Science Association President Lawrence Lowell once said "We are limited by the impossibility of experiment. Politics
1136-411: A university discipline was marked by the creation of university departments and chairs with the title of political science arising in the late 19th century. The designation "political scientist" is commonly used to denote someone with a doctorate or master's degree in the field. Integrating political studies of the past into a unified discipline is ongoing, and the history of political science has provided
1207-479: A variety of capacities, people educated and trained in political science can add value and expertise to corporations . Private enterprises such as think tanks , research institutes, polling and public relations firms often employ political scientists. Political scientists may study political phenomena within one specific country. For example, they may study just the politics of the United States or just
1278-575: A website for explanatory news owned by Vox Media . He was the editor-in-chief, and later the editor-at-large. Klein also contributed articles to the site, hosted an associated podcast ( The Ezra Klein Show ), and worked as an executive producer for Vox's Netflix series Explained . In November 2020, Klein left Vox to join The New York Times as a columnist and podcast host. Klein was raised in Irvine, California . His father, Abel Klein ,
1349-412: Is methodologically diverse and appropriates many methods originating in psychology, social research , political philosophy, and many others, in addition to those that developed chiefly within the field of political science. Political scientists approach the study of politics from a host of different ontological orientations and with a variety of different tools. Because political science is essentially
1420-416: Is a defining feature of contemporary political science. Empirical political science methods include the use of field experiments, surveys and survey experiments, case studies, process tracing, historical and institutional analysis, ethnography, participant observation, and interview research. Political scientists also use and develop theoretical tools like game theory and agent-based models to study
1491-416: Is a former contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann . On March 14, 2013, The Week magazine reported that Klein was among those being considered to host MSNBC's yet-unnamed 8 p.m. weekday prime-time show that would replace The Ed Show . Ultimately, the time slot was filled with All In with Chris Hayes . In October 2015, Klein, along with Sarah Kliff and Matt Yglesias , launched The Weeds ,
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#17327807357371562-461: Is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Irvine ; his mother is an artist. Klein attended University High School , where he was a poor student and graduated in 2002 with a 2.2 GPA . Klein attended the University of California, Santa Cruz for two years before transferring to the University of California, Los Angeles , from which he graduated in 2005 with a BA in political science . While at UCSC, he applied to write for City on
1633-401: Is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political institutions, political thought and behavior, and associated constitutions and laws . As a social science, contemporary political science started to take shape in the latter half of the 19th century and began to separate itself from political philosophy and history. Into
1704-951: Is a social study concerning the allocation and transfer of power in decision making , the roles and systems of governance including governments and international organizations , political behaviour, and public policies . It measures the success of governance and specific policies by examining many factors, including stability , justice , material wealth , peace , and public health . Some political scientists seek to advance positive theses (which attempt to describe how things are, as opposed to how they should be) by analysing politics; others advance normative theses, such as by making specific policy recommendations. The study of politics and policies can be closely connected—for example, in comparative analyses of which types of political institutions tend to produce certain types of policies. Political science provides analysis and predictions about political and governmental issues. Political scientists examine
1775-409: Is an observational, not an experimental science." Because of this, political scientists have historically observed political elites, institutions, and individual or group behaviour in order to identify patterns, draw generalizations, and build theories of politics. Like all social sciences, political science faces the difficulty of observing human actors that can only be partially observed and who have
1846-513: Is right that there is not a shred of principle in Lieberman's opposition." Klein later said he regretted the phrasing and his position is that despite universal coverage, the social determinants of health are still powerful predictors that, on average, ensure the lower socioeconomic classes die sooner than those with more income and education. In February 2007, Klein created a Google Groups forum called " JournoList " for discussing politics and
1917-404: The New York Times ' The Upshot . Vox was described as trying to act as a " Misplaced Pages for ongoing news stories". Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry at The Week argued that the website produced "partisan commentary in question-and-answer disguise" and criticized the site for having a "starting lineup [that] was mostly made up of ideological liberals". The Week ' s Ryu Spaeth described
1988-528: The Vox Media Podcast Network : In March 2014, before it had officially launched, Vox was criticized by conservative media commentators, including Erick Erickson , for a video it had published arguing the U.S. public debt "isn't a problem right now". The website's launch received significant media attention. Websites noted that the launch came around the same time as other data and explainer websites like FiveThirtyEight and
2059-550: The 2006 Connecticut Democratic Primary ". Klein based his estimate on an Urban Institute report that estimated that 22,000 people died in 2006 because they lacked health insurance. This article was criticized by Jonah Goldberg of the National Review , who called it a "silly claim". Charles Lane , also of The Washington Post , described Klein's article as an "outrageous smear". But E. J. Dionne , also of The Washington Post , agreed with Klein's claim, saying that "Klein
2130-686: The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry presented Julia Belluz the Robert B. Balles Prize for Critical Thinking for her work on Vox . Original programming by Vox has been recognized by the News & Documentary Emmy Awards , which are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences . In 2017, the documentary 2016 Olympics: What Rio Doesn't Want the World to See was nominated in
2201-423: The politics of China . Political scientists look at a variety of data, including constitutions, elections , public opinion , and public policy , foreign policy , legislatures, and judiciaries. Political scientists will often focus on the politics of their own country; for example, a political scientist from Indonesia may become an expert in the politics of Indonesia. The theory of political transitions, and
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2272-428: The "Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction" and "Outstanding New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture" categories. Between 2017 and 2021, Vox journalists David Roberts, Umair Irfan, and Rebecca Leber won five SEAL Awards for environmental journalism. In November 2022, it was reported by Reason magazine that Sam Bankman-Fried —founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX —had issued major grants to
2343-411: The "Outstanding News Special" category, Vox Pop was nominated in the "Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report" and "Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction" categories, and The Secret Life of Muslims was nominated in the "Outstanding Short Documentary" category. In 2018, Borders was nominated in the "Outstanding Video Journalism: News" category, and Earworm received nominations in
2414-534: The JournoList group. This decision was instigated by fellow blogger Dave Weigel 's resignation from the Post following the public exposure of several of his JournoList emails about conservative media figures. Klein had justified excluding conservative Republicans from participation as "not about fostering ideology but preventing a collapse into flame war . The emphasis is on empiricism, not ideology." In 2010, he
2485-518: The United States is Pi Sigma Alpha , while Pi Alpha Alpha is a national honor society specifically designated for public administration . Vox (website) Vox (from Latin vōx 'voice') is an American news and opinion website owned by Vox Media . The website was founded in April 2014 by Ezra Klein , Matt Yglesias , and Melissa Bell , and is noted for its concept of explanatory journalism . Vox's media presence also includes
2556-485: The United States, see political science as part of a broader discipline of political studies or politics in general. While political science implies the use of the scientific method , political studies implies a broader approach, although the naming of degree courses does not necessarily reflect their content. Separate, specialized or, in some cases, professional degree programs in international relations , public policy , and public administration are common at both
2627-406: The capacity for making conscious choices, unlike other subjects, such as non-human organisms in biology , minerals in geoscience , chemical elements in chemistry , stars in astronomy , or particles in physics . Despite the complexities, contemporary political science has progressed by adopting a variety of methods and theoretical approaches to understanding politics, and methodological pluralism
2698-459: The characteristics and functions of the ideal state. Generally, classical political philosophy is primarily defined by a concern for Hellenic and Enlightenment thought, political scientists are also marked by a great concern for " modernity " and the contemporary nation state , along with the study of classical thought, and as such share more terminology with sociologists (e.g., structure and agency ). The advent of political science as
2769-437: The company, stated in an interview for The Atlantic that he was at odds not just with those at Vox , but mainstream media as a whole, saying " 'The people making the media are young college graduates in big cities, and that kind of politics makes a lot of sense to them,' he said. 'And we keep seeing that older people, and working-class people of all races and ethnicities, just don't share that entire worldview. ' " In 2015,
2840-518: The context of Yale Law School professor Dan Kahan 's theories on how people protect themselves from information that conflicts with their core beliefs. In June 2016, Vox suspended contributor Emmett Rensin for a series of tweets calling for anti-Trump riots , including one on June 3, 2016, that urged, "If Trump comes to your town, start a riot." The tweets drew attention after violent anti-Trump protests took place in San Jose, California , on
2911-597: The creation of an independent, explanatory journalism website—with more than three dozen staffers" and an annual budget of more than US$ 10 million to remain at The Washington Post . During negotiations, Post publisher Katharine Weymouth and new owner Jeff Bezos did not make a counteroffer. Klein was editor-in-chief at Vox , later editor-at-large, and formerly wrote for and edited Wonkblog at The Washington Post . He frequently provides political commentary on MSNBC 's The Rachel Maddow Show , Hardball with Chris Matthews , and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell . He
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2982-459: The day of Rensin's tweet. Elizabeth Plank was hired in 2016 as a political correspondent, and in 2017 launched her own series with Vox Media, called Divided States of Women . In September 2017, Klein published a post on Vox announcing that he was taking on a new role as editor-at-large, and that Lauren Williams , who joined Vox a few months after its founding, was the new editor-in-chief. In late 2020, Klein, Williams, and Yglesias left
3053-544: The discipline based on all types of scholarship discussed above, scholars have noted that progress toward systematic theory has been modest and uneven. In 2000, the Perestroika Movement in political science was introduced as a reaction against what supporters of the movement called the mathematicization of political science. Those who identified with the movement argued for a plurality of methodologies and approaches in political science and for more relevance of
3124-500: The discipline to those outside of it. Some evolutionary psychology theories argue that humans have evolved a highly developed set of psychological mechanisms for dealing with politics. However, these mechanisms evolved for dealing with the small group politics that characterized the ancestral environment and not the much larger political structures in today's world. This is argued to explain many important features and systematic cognitive biases of current politics. Political science
3195-470: The discipline. A focus on studying political behavior, rather than institutions or interpretation of legal texts, characterized early behavioral political science, including work by Robert Dahl , Philip Converse , and in the collaboration between sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld and public opinion scholar Bernard Berelson . The late 1960s and early 1970s witnessed a takeoff in the use of deductive, game-theoretic formal modelling techniques aimed at generating
3266-577: The earliest bloggers to report from a political convention, that of the California State Democratic Party . In 2006, Klein was one of several writers pseudonymously flamed by The New Republic writer Lee Siegel (posting as a sock puppet called sprezzatura ). On December 10, 2007, Klein moved his blog full-time to The American Prospect . Klein's prolific blogging caught the attention of Steven Pearlstein , The Washington Post 's veteran business columnist. "I
3337-576: The forum and the extent of its membership. The Politico article set off debate within the blogosphere over the ethics of participating in JournoList and raised questions about its purpose. The first public excerpt of a discussion within JournoList was posted by Mickey Kaus on his blog on March 26, 2009. In addition to Ezra Klein, membership of JournoList included Jeffrey Toobin , Eric Alterman , Paul Krugman , Joe Klein , Matthew Yglesias , and Jonathan Chait . On June 25, 2010, Ezra Klein announced in his Washington Post blog that he would be terminating
3408-430: The late 19th century, it was still uncommon for political science to be considered a distinct field from history. The term "political science" was not always distinguished from political philosophy, and the modern discipline has a clear set of antecedents including moral philosophy, political economy, political theology , history, and other fields concerned with normative determinations of what ought to be and with deducing
3479-465: The methods of analyzing and anticipating crises, form an important part of political science. Several general indicators of crises and methods were proposed for anticipating critical transitions. Among them, one statistical indicator of crisis, a simultaneous increase of variance and correlations in large groups, was proposed for crisis anticipation and may be successfully used in various areas. Its applicability for early diagnosis of political crises
3550-490: The news media. The forum's membership was controlled by Klein and limited to "several hundred left-leaning bloggers, political reporters, magazine writers, policy wonks and academics". Posts within JournoList were intended only to be made and read by its members. Klein defended the forum saying that it "[ensures] that folks feel safe giving off-the-cuff analysis and instant reactions". JournoList member and Time magazine columnist Joe Klein (no relation to Ezra Klein) added that
3621-418: The newspaper. In May 2011, when Bloomberg View launched, Klein became a columnist there in addition to his work at The Washington Post and MSNBC. Klein announced he would be leaving The Washington Post in January 2014, with the intent to start a new media venture with several other veteran journalists. The new media venture was later identified as the politics site Vox . Klein had previously "proposed
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#17327807357373692-403: The off-the-record nature of the forum was necessary because "candor is essential and can only be guaranteed by keeping these conversations private". The existence of JournoList was first publicly revealed in a July 27, 2007, blog post by blogger Mickey Kaus . However, the forum did not attract serious attention until March 17, 2009, when an article published on Politico detailed the nature of
3763-644: The processes, systems and political dynamics of countries and regions of the world, often to raise public awareness or to influence specific governments. Political scientists may provide the frameworks from which journalists, special interest groups, politicians, and the electorate analyze issues. According to Chaturvedy, Political scientists may serve as advisers to specific politicians, or even run for office as politicians themselves. Political scientists can be found working in governments, in political parties, or as civil servants. They may be involved with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or political movements. In
3834-418: The regular, written articles on the website. The channel has over 11.5 million subscribers and over 3.2 billion views as of September 3, 2023 . Content surrounds current affairs, timelines of certain events, and interesting facts. In May 2018, Vox partnered with Netflix to release a weekly TV show called Explained . Vox distributes numerous podcasts, all hosted by Vox staff, as part of
3905-416: The site seeks to explain news by providing additional contextual information not usually found in traditional news sources. To reuse work from authors prior to the relaunch in 2014, Vox creates "card stacks" in bright canary yellow that provide context and define terms within an article. The cards are perpetually maintained as a form of "wiki page written by one person with a little attitude". As an example,
3976-520: The site's operations as "...essentially tak[ing] the news (in other words, what is happening in the world at any given moment in time) and fram[ing] it in a way that appeals to its young, liberal audience." Damon Linker also criticized them, calling them "a parody of liberal faux-neutrality," and that "partisanship is so obvious," in an Obama interview they conducted, "that it's hard to imagine anyone being fooled." The Economist , commenting on Klein's launching essay "How politics makes us stupid", said
4047-540: The site. Klein expected to "improve the technology of news" and build an online platform better equipped for making news understandable. The new site's 20-person staff was chosen for their expertise in topic areas and included Slate 's Matthew Yglesias , Melissa Bell , and Klein's colleagues from The Washington Post . Vox was launched on April 6, 2014, with Klein serving as editor-in-chief. Klein's opening editorial essay, "How politics makes us stupid", explained his distress about political polarization in
4118-475: The site. While Vox had been founded with prominent journalists, Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff said that their brands had mature, mainstream audiences that no longer relied on personalities. Swati Sharma was named editor-in-chief in February 2021. A managing editor of The Atlantic at the time of her appointment, she was expected to assume the position in March 2021. According to Vox 's founding editors,
4189-425: The social sciences as a whole, can be described "as a discipline which lives on the fault line between the 'two cultures' in the academy, the sciences and the humanities ." Thus, in most American colleges, especially liberal arts colleges , it would be located within the school or college of arts and sciences . If no separate college of arts and sciences exists, or if the college or university prefers that it be in
4260-607: The state, and the relation of states one to another." As part of a UNESCO initiative to promote political science in the late 1940s, the International Political Science Association was founded in 1949, as well as national associations in France in 1949, Britain in 1950, and West Germany in 1951. In the 1950s and the 1960s, a behavioral revolution stressing the systematic and rigorously scientific study of individual and group behavior swept
4331-421: The study of culture in anthropology. In turn, methodologies that are developed within political science may influence how researchers in other fields, like public health, conceive of and approach political processes and policies. The most common piece of academic writing in generalist political sciences is the research paper, which investigates an original research question . Political science, possibly like
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#17327807357374402-514: The traditional focuses of other social sciences—for example, when sociological norms or psychological biases are connected to political phenomena. In these cases, political science may either inherit their methods of study or develop a contrasting approach. For example, Lisa Wedeen has argued that political science's approach to the idea of culture, originating with Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba and exemplified by authors like Samuel P. Huntington , could benefit from aligning more closely with
4473-602: The undergraduate and postgraduate levels, although most but not all undergraduate level education in these sub-fields of political science is generally found in academic concentrations within a political science academic major . Master's-level programs in public administration are professional degrees covering public policy along with other applied subjects; they are often seen as more linked to politics than any other discipline, which may be reflected by being housed in that department. The main national honor society for college and university students of government and politics in
4544-458: The university's public policy school . Most United States colleges and universities offer BA programs in political science. MA or MAT and PhD or EdD programs are common at larger universities. The term political science is more popular in post-1960s North America than elsewhere while universities predating the 1960s or those historically influenced by them would call the field of study government ; other institutions, especially those outside
4615-487: The website was "bright and promising" and site's premise of "more, better, and more lucidly presented information" was "profoundly honourable", and positively compared the site's mission to John Keats 's negative capability . In an opinion piece in The Washington Times , Christopher J. Harper criticized the site for numerous reporting mistakes. The co-founder of Vox , Matthew Yglesias , after leaving
4686-416: Was also developed. The study of major crises, both political crises and external crises that can affect politics, is not limited to attempts to predict regime transitions or major changes in political institutions. Political scientists also study how governments handle unexpected disasters, and how voters in democracies react to their governments' preparations for and responses to crises. Political science
4757-514: Was blown away by how good he was—how much the kid wrote—on so many subjects," Pearlstein said. Pearlstein sent samples of Klein's work to managing editor Raju Narisetti . A few weeks after he heard from Pearlstein, Washington Post foreign correspondent John Pomfret asked Klein to have lunch with him and financial editor Sandy Sugawara. Narisetti hired Klein to be the Post's first pure blogger on politics and economics. On May 18, 2009, he began writing at
4828-530: Was demonstrated by the analysis of the prolonged stress period preceding the 2014 Ukrainian economic and political crisis. There was a simultaneous increase in the total correlation between the 19 major public fears in the Ukrainian society (by about 64%) and in their statistical dispersion (by 29%) during the pre-crisis years. A feature shared by certain major revolutions is that they were not predicted. The theory of apparent inevitability of crises and revolutions
4899-942: Was named Blogger of the Year by The Week magazine and The Sidney Hillman Foundation . In 2011, he was named one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, D.C. , by GQ . His blog was also named one of the 25 best financial blogs by Time magazine in 2011. In 2013, Klein won the Online News Association Award for Best Online Commentary. He also won the American Political Science Association 's Carey McWilliams Award , for "a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics". He appeared as one of 80 men featured in Esquire 's 80th anniversary issue and in
4970-522: Was one of the most commonly followed political writers among Biden administration staff on Twitter. In December 2009, Klein wrote an article in The Washington Post , stating that U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman was "willing to cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in order to settle an old electoral score", because Lieberman "was motivated to oppose health care legislation in part out of resentment at liberals for being defeated in
5041-524: Was published by Simon & Schuster in January 2020. Klein rose to prominence as a blogger who became well known for his in-depth analysis on a range of policy issues. By 2007, Klein's blog had gained a substantial following and was acquired by The American Prospect , where he was an associate editor. At The Washington Post , Klein managed Wonkblog , a branded blog that featured his writing on domestic policy. In 2014, alongside fellow journalists Matthew Yglesias and Melissa Bell , Klein co-founded Vox ,
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