Episodes
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Hedges, Chris - Politics Legislation - 12.01.16
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Monday Feb 26, 2018
"The World As It Is" Discussing the lawsuit recently filed challenging the Obama Administration on the National Defense Authorization Act.
Chris Hedges is one of our nation’s most insightful cultural critics and authors. For almost 20 years he was a foreign correspondent in war zones & conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa & the Balkans, reporting for The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor & other news outlets. While at the Times, Chris received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on global terrorism. The same year he received Amnesty International’s Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. Chris writes a weekly column for TruthDig.com and has authored several major books including “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America”. “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” & “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” with cartoonist & author Joe Sacco