Joshua Green (born 1972) is an American journalist who writes primarily on

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. He is currently the senior national correspondent at ''

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''. He is a weekly columnist for ''

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'' and his work has also appeared in ''

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''.

Education

Green graduated from

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in 1994 and earned a graduate degree from

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in 1998.

Political journalism

Green began his journalism career in 1995 as an editor at the satirical weekly ''

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''. From 2000 to 2001, he was a staff writer at ''

The American Prospect ''The American Prospect'' is a daily online and bimonthly print American political and public policy magazine dedicated to American modern liberalism and Progressivism in the United States, progressivism. Based in Washington, D.C., ''The America ...

''. He then joined '' The Washington Monthly'', where he worked as an editor from 2001 to 2003. Green has also contributed articles to ''

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'' and ''

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''. Green was with ''The Atlantic'' from September 2003 to July 2011. His work from that period has been anthologized in collections ranging from ''Best American Political Writing 2009'' to ''The Bob Marley Reader''. Among his more notable writings for ''The Atlantic'' are a November 2006 cover story on

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and a November 2004 story on

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presidential adviser Karl Rove. Green also wrote an article for ''The Atlantic'' in October 2007 exploring the feasibility of the announced

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of the comedian

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. In 2007, ''

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'' reported that a negative story written by Green on the

for ''GQ'' magazine was killed after her camp threatened to cut off access to the New York Senator's husband, President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...

, who was slated to appear on the magazine's December 2007 cover. In September 2008, after Clinton had ended her candidacy, Green wrote an article in ''The Atlantic'' detailing the in-fighting within the Clinton campaign. The article was supplemented by memos he had obtained from current and former Clinton staffers and outside consultants to her presidential campaign. Green's 2017 book, '' Devil's Bargain'', deals with the successful political partnership between

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...

and

Steve Bannon Stephen Kevin Bannon (born November 27, 1953) is an American media executive, political strategist, and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of president Donald Trump's first ...

. His second book, ''The Rebels'', was published in 2024, and followed the rise of

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in the Democratic Party in the 2010s through the careers of

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born October 13, 1989), also known as AOC, is an American politician and activist who has served since 2019 as the United States House of Representatives, US representative for New York's 14th congressional distric ...

Bernie Sanders Bernard Sanders (born September8, 1941) is an American politician and activist who is the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from the state of Vermont. He is the longest-serving independ ...

, and

Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Ann Warren (née Herring; born June 22, 1949) is an American politician and former law professor who is the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States senator from the state of Massachusetts, serving since 2013. A mem ...

References

External links

Joshua Green Profile and Index at The AtlanticVideo of debate/discussion with Joshua Green
and

Ryan Lizza Ryan Christopher Lizza ( ; born July 12, 1974) is an American journalist. His 2017 interview with White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci resulted in Scaramucci's dismissal. He was a senior political analyst for CNN and formerly t ...

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