Thomas Byrne Edsall

Thomas Byrne Edsall has written a weekly opinion column for the New York Times since 2011. Before joining the Times , he covered national politics for the Washington Post . He is the author of Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics (with Mary D. Edsall), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction; The New Politics of Inequality ; Building Red America ; and The Age of Austerity . He teaches at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Thomas Byrne Edsall has written a weekly opinion column for the New York Times since 2011. Before joining the Times , he covered national politics for the Washington Post . He is the author of Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics (with Mary D. Edsall), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction; The New Politics of Inequality ; Building Red America ; and The Age of Austerity . He teaches at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. See less