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Jonathan M. Katz hosts The Racket by Jonathan M. Katz, a news show with 16 episodes published.
With Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele very much in the news, thanks to his collaboration with Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign, I'm re-upping my 2023 interview on the self-described "world's coolest dictator" wit
Find all episodes and newsletters at TheRacket.news Atlanta: Home of Coca-Cola, Jermaine Dupri, and the country’s most open-ended racketeering law. Two very different cases of national importance are headed to trial unde
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit katz.substack.com Last week, in its story on the latest African coup the New York Times included precisely one line of context about the United States: Nation
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit katz.substack.com Subscribe and read the full transcript at TheRacket.news In his non-apology apology for his just-revealed years of genocidal racism, Richard
A break from the war to go back in time, and beyond the grave. That’s right, it’s time for another Gangsters Movie Night — our irregular series where I and a guest talk about a movie about a place or theme I explore in G
“Spheres of influence” are hot again these days. Here’s what Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had to say about the controversial geopolitical concept, as it regards the showdown with Russia over Ukraine: But look, the
This morning, Russia and China announced a “no limits” strategic partnership against what Reuters summarized as the “malign global influence” of the United States. The reactions of the rest of the world remain to be seen
Folks, the day has arrived: Gangsters of Capitalism is in the world. You can find it at your local bookstore. If you order it online, it will be shipped or appear in your e-reader or audiobook app immediately. Hallelujah
Happy belated new year! We are dangerously close to the Jan. 18 release of Gangsters of Capitalism, my book about Smedley Butler and the making and breaking of America’s empire. (Thanks to everyone who has pre-ordered so
Are the unvaccinated entitled, deprived, or just misunderstood? What would be a more effective way of controlling the COVID pandemic—shame or providing healthcare for all? (Or both?) I talked with Eula Biss, author of On
Audio editing by Evan Roberts For the Biden administration, the arrival of thousands of Haitian immigrants on the southern border has been a telling moment. Instead of rushing relief to and expediting the admission of as
Trump has described COVID-19 as a problem that “came out of nowhere.” “Nobody would have ever thought a thing like this could have happened,” he said on March 26, as he steered his country to the worst nightmare of the p
With Trump again threatening war with Iran, last week’s best-known scandal—the president doctoring a hurricane map with a marker—might already seem quaint. But #Sharpiegate was revealing. It showed the depths to which th
Happy Friday. Hope everyone had a good — and dry — Independence Day. This week I was on the U.S.-Mexico border, getting as close as I could to America’s concentration camps. I was following a congressional delegation led
Nayib Bukele
President · El Salvador
1 appearance on this show
Josie Duffy Rice
1 appearance on this show
Richard Hanania
Best Selling Author
1 appearance on this show
Spencer Ackerman
1 appearance on this show
Amy Spitalnick
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
1 appearance on this show
Jason Stanley
Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy · Yale University
1 appearance on this show
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Representative · New York House of Representatives
1 appearance on this show
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Representative · New York House of Representatives
1 appearance on this show
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