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Chris HedgesSenior FellowHedges is the author of the bestselling War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (Free Press, 2003), which draws on his experiences to describe the patterns and behavior of nations and individuals in wartime. He is also author of Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America (Free Press, 2005) and What Every Person Should Know About War (Free Press, 2003), a book he worked on with several combat veterans. Hedges is also the author of American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America (Free Press, 2007) and Collateral Damage with co-author Laila Al-Arian (Nation Books, 2008). His latest book, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, published by Nation Books, was launched in September 2009. Hedges has a B.A. in English Literature from Colgate University and a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard during the academic year of 1998-1999 where he spent a year studying classics. He currently writes for numerous publications including Foreign Affairs, Harper's, The New York Review of Books, Granta and
Mother Jones. Hedges is a former Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and former Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University.
Selected Articles: No One Cares Fueling the Fire of Real Change For Palin, it's a (Christian) Man's World 'High Wire' by Peter Gosselin The left has lost its nerve and its direction The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness Read the rest of Chris Hedges' columns at Truthdig. Read an excerpt of Chris Hedges' latest book, I Don't Believe in Atheists.
Book Reviews: Book Review: I Don't Believe in Atheists Book Review: American Fascists Browsing Books: Paperback Row |
The Great American StickupHow Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street
"One of the best reporters of our time."—Joan Didion In The Great American Stickup, celebrated journalist Robert Scheer uncovers the hidden story behind one of the greatest financial crimes of our time: the Wall Street financial crash of 2008 and the consequent global recession. Scheer goes back to Washington, D.C., a veritable crime scene, beginning in the 1980s, where the captains of the finance industry, their lobbyists and allies among leading politicians destroyed an American regulatory system that had been functioning effectively since the era of the New Deal. Check out Scheer's book tour! MoreMarfa Dialogues/Diálogos en Marfa: Politics and Culture of the Borderundef 0 | Marfa, Texas See acclaimed Nation Books authors Charles Bowden and Mark Danner speak at Marfa Dialogues: Politics and Culture of the Border, three days of art, film, music, and literature. Presented by Ballroom Marfa and The Washington Spectator, in collaboration with The Big Bend Sentinel, Marfa Public Radio and Marfa Book Company.
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