Chris Hedges

American journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1956 · age 70

A Pulitzer-winning war correspondent who left The New York Times after a reprimand over his public opposition to the Iraq War, then spent the next two decades arguing that American empire, corporate power, and the liberal establishment have decayed past reform.

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2026“The , including the killing today of the intensive-care nurse , would not come as a shock to or Afghans in Helmand province.”In their words24 January 2026We Tolerated Their Violence Abroad. Now We See Its Victims Here. Scheerpost. 24 January 2026.Read the whole statement

2025“We dominate the globe not because of our superior virtues, but because we are the most efficient killers on the planet.”In their words2 February 2025The Western Way of Genocide. Scheerpost. 2 February 2025Read the whole statement

2024“Aaron Bushnell, when he placed his cell phone on the ground to set up a livestream and in Washington D.C., resulting in his death, pitted divine violence against radical evil.”In their words29 February 2024Aaron Bushnell’s Divine Violence. Scheerpost. 29 February 2024Read the whole statement

2023“Genocide lies at the core of Western imperialism. It is not unique to Israel. It is not unique to the Nazis. It is the building block of Western domination.”In their words29 October 2023Exterminate All the Brutes. Scheerpost. 29 October 2023Read the whole statement

“The myth of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election provides a convenient escape hatch from the political, social, cultural and economic rot that plagues the U.S.”In their words21 May 2023Why the Conspiracy Theory About Trump and Russia Won’t Go Away. Scheerpost. 21 May 2023.Read the whole statement

“The near-hysterical calls to support Ukraine as a bulwark of liberty and democracy by the mandarins in Washington are a response to the palpable rot and decline of the U.S.”In their words31 January 2023"Don't believe the hype: Ukraine is rapidly becoming another war gone wrong"Read the whole statement

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Neoliberalism, better understood by its less sanitized term cutthroat capitalism, is the poison that destroyed our democracy.
4 July 2026 · Requiem for America on the Fourth of July, Scheerpost, Own words
The story is a window into the moral bankruptcy, hedonism and greed of the ruling class. This crosses political lines.
13 July 2025 · Trump, Epstein and the Deep State. Scheerpost. 13 July 2025., Own words
As a ruling ideology, neoliberalism was a brilliant success.
10 September 2023 · The Pedagogy of Power. Scheerpost. 10 September 2023, Own words

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Christopher Lynn Hedges was born September 18, 1956, and became a Presbyterian minister before turning to freelance war reporting in Central America for The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, and The Dallas Morning News. He joined The New York Times in 1990 and ran its Middle East and Balkan bureaus through the wars in the former Yugoslavia, contributing to the staff entry that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting on global terrorism. He resigned from the Times in 2005, two years after receiving a formal reprimand for public statements opposing the Iraq War, and moved into alternative media - a 14-year run as a Truthdig columnist, hosting On Contact on RT America, and writing books including War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America (2007), Death of the Liberal Class (2010), and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012) with cartoonist Joe Sacco. He now writes a weekly column at Scheerpost and hosts The Chris Hedges Report.

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