Alexander Zaitchik | |
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | November 22, 1974
Occupation | freelance journalist |
Years active | 1998–present |
Website | Official website |
Alexander Zaitchik is an American freelance journalist who writes on politics, media, and the environment. He has written for The Nation , The New Republic , the Intercept , Rolling Stone , the Guardian , Foreign Policy , the Baffler , the International Herald Tribune , Wired , the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Believer, among others. He was a staff writer and editor at the New York Press , the eXile in Moscow, and was the founding editor at the Prague Pill, an alternative newspaper in the Czech Republic.
His first book, Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance , was published by John Wiley & Sons in June 2010. [1] Political philosopher Mark Lilla called the book, a "sharp and informative smackdown." [2] His second book, "The Gilded Rage: A Wild Ride Through Donald Trump's America" was published by Skyhorse Publishing in August 2016. [3] Writing in the Sacramento Bee, syndicated columnist Ben Boychuk called the book “[o]ne of the most important and overlooked books of the 2016 campaign season.” [4] His third book, Out of the Ooze: The Story of Dr. Tom Price was published by Strong Arm Press as an eBook in June 2017. [5] Zaitchik's fourth book, "Owning The Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19" was published by Counterpoint Press in March 2021. Kirkus Reviews called Owning the Sun “A brave and timely reminder… A trenchant study of the dangers of turning medical knowledge into private intellectual property.” [6] Publishers Weekly said Zaitchik " takes readers through the labyrinthine history of medical patents in this expansive study… Zaitchik covers a remarkable amount of ground and never gets lost in the weeds. The result is comprehensive and illuminating.” [7] Representative Lloyd Doggett praised Zaitchik, writing "With so many Americans unable to afford ever soaring drug prices, Zaitchik’s important [and] insightful history of the rise of Big Pharma demonstrates the urgency of restraining pharmaceutical monopoly power.” [8]