Description: The bestselling author of "The New Fascists" speaks out against religious and secular fundamentalism as he explores the New Atheists: those who attack religion to advance their causes.
Brief description: Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist who was a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East and the Balkans for fifteen years forThe New York Times.He previously worked overseas forThe Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. He is host of the Emmy Awardnominated RT America showOn Contact.Hedges, who holds a Master of Divinity from Harvard University, is the author of numerous books, and was a National Book Critics Circle finalist forWar Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, and the University of Toronto. He has taught college credit courses through Rutgers University in the New Jersey prison system since 2013.