Death of the Liberal Class

Chris Hedges
Hedges, c. 2007
Born	Christopher Lynn Hedges (1956-09-18) September 18, 1956 (age 61) St. Johnsbury, Vermont, U.S.
Citizenship	United States
Education	Colgate University (B.A., English Literature) Harvard Divinity School (M.Div)
Occupation	Journalist, Writer, Activist, Clergyman

External video

Stop Fascism: Chris Hedges in Portland, Oregon. A KBOO Benefit. on YouTube

On Contact: Noam Chomsky - Part I on YouTube

Organizing resistance to Internet censorship on YouTube

Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, and Princeton University professor. His books include War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002)—a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009), Death of the Liberal Class (2010), Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, which was a The New York Times best seller; and his most recent Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (2015).

Hedges is a columnist for the progressive news and commentary website Truthdig. He is also a host for the television program On Contact on RT. Hedges spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, West Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He has reported from more than fifty countries, and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, Dallas Morning News, and The New York Times, where he was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years (1990–2005).

In 2001, Hedges contributed to The New York Times staff entry that received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for the paper's coverage of global terrorism. He also received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism in 2002. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, the University of Toronto and Princeton University, where he is a visiting lecturer in African American studies.