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Win McCormack is an American political activist, publisher, and editor from Oregon.

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He is editor-in-chief of Tin House [1] magazine and Tin House Books, the former publisher of Oregon Magazine, founder and treasurer of MediAmerica, Inc., and a co-founder of Mother Jones magazine. He serves on the board of directors of the journal New Perspectives Quarterly. [2] His political and social writings have appeared in Oregon Humanities, Tin House, The Nation , [3] The Oregonian , and Oregon Magazine. McCormack's investigative coverage of the Rajneeshee movement was awarded a William Allen White Commendation from the University of Kansas and the City and Regional Magazine Association.

As a political activist, McCormack served as Chair of the Oregon Steering Committee for Gary Hart's 1984 presidential campaign. He was chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon's President's Council and a member of the Obama for President Oregon Finance Committee.[ citation needed ] Additionally, McCormack sits on the Board of Overseers for Emerson College, [4] and is a co-founder of the Los Angeles–based Liberty Hill Foundation. [5]

In February 2016, McCormack purchased The New Republic magazine from Chris Hughes. [6] [7] [8]

He received an A.B. from Harvard College and an MFA from the University of Oregon. [9]

In 2024, McCormack's chauffeurs were arrested for allegedly defrauding him of over $34 million over the course of seven years. McCormack is the heir to a midwest banking fortune, and claimed he did not often check charges made to his account. [10]

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