Thomas B. Edsall

Thomas B. Edsall writes for The New York Times. His column on strategic and demographic trends in American politics appears every Tuesday and he has been a weekly contributor to the Opinion section of The New York Times since 2011. 

Edsall covered politics for The Washington Post from 1981 to 2006 and, before that, for The Baltimore Sun and The Providence Journal. In addition, he was the political editor of the Huffington Post from 2007 to 2009, and a correspondent for the National Journal from 2006 to 2007.

Edsall has written five books: “The Age of Austerity,” “Building Red America,” “Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics,” “Power and Money: Writing About Politics” and “The New Politics of Inequality.” 

Edsall lives in Washington, D.C. He holds the Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professorship in Public Affairs at The George Washington University’s School of Media & Public Affairs.