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Jeremy ScahillPuffin Foundation Writing FellowBefore coming to The Nation Institute, Scahill was a longtime senior producer and correspondent for the nationally-syndicated radio and TV show Democracy Now! and he remains a frequent contributor to the program. He has reported extensively from Iraq through both the Clinton and Bush administrations. Scahill reported from Yugoslavia during the 1999 NATO bombing and spent years covering the downfall of Slobodan Milosevic's government. He has also reported from Nigeria, where he and colleague Amy Goodman exposed the role of the Chevron oil corporation in the killing of protesting villagers in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Traveling around the hurricane zone in the wake of Katrina in September 2005, Scahill exposed the presence of Blackwater mercenaries in New Orleans. His reporting sparked a Congressional inquiry and an internal Department of Homeland Security investigation. Scahill has won numerous awards, including the prestigious George Polk Award and numerous Project Censored Awards. He was among the few Western reporters to gain access to the Abu Ghraib prison when Saddam Hussein was in power and his story on the emptying of that prison won a Golden Reel for "Best National Radio News Story" of 2002. He also worked in 2000 as a producer for Michael Moore's TV series The Awful Truth on the Bravo network. Scahill has reported for The Times of London, the Sunday Telegraph, the BBC and public radio. He has also written for The Los Angeles Times, Z Magazine, In These Times, The Progressive, among others, as well as on many independent media websites. Scahill's latest book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, thoroughly revised and updated to include the Nisour Square massacre, was released in paperback edition this June.
Selected Articles and Appearances: Jeremy Scahill reports for Democracy Now! Blackwater's Bright Future Jeremy Scahill on Real Time with Bill Maher
Jeremy Scahill on the "Corporate Pillaging and Military Contractors" panel See the second part and third part of Scahill's testimony. Samantha Power v. Jeremy Scahill Bill Moyers Journal: Ask Jeremy Scahill Jeremy Scahill Testifies on Defense Contracting For the rest of Jeremy Scahill's articles for The Nation, click here.
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Travel as a Political Act
Travel connects people with people. It helps us fit more comfortably and compatibly into a shrinking world. And it inspires creative new solutions to persistent problems facing our nation. We can't understand our world without experiencing it. Travel as a Political Act helps us take that first step. In his new book, acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves explains how to travel more thoughtfully—to any destination. He shares a series of field reports from Europe, Central America, Asia and the Middle East to show how his travels have shaped his politics and broadened his perspective. More Eugene Richards Exhibition at Fahey/Klein GalleryJune 18 - July 18 | Los Angeles, CA
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