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Joel Bleifuss

Joel Bleifuss is the editor and publisher of In These Times, where he has worked as an investigative reporter, columnist and editor since 1986. He is on the board of the Institute for Public Affairs, which publishes In These Times.

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Bleifuss has worked at In These Times for 24 years, including as managing editor and senior editor. He tackles the state of national and international events with a blend of critical insight and humor, and over the years has developed a niche for investigative reporting.

His reporting on environmental health issues, national security scandals and the Iran Contra affair has landed in newspapers and magazines around the country, including the New York Times, the Utne Reader, the Capital Eye and many others.

He is the co-author of the book “Was The 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?,” with Steven F. Freeman.

Before joining In These Times, Bleifuss was director of the Peace Studies Program for the University of Missouri, a features writer for the Fulton Sun in Fulton, Missouri and a freelance journalist in Spain.

Bleifuss currently serves on the advisory board of The Public Square , a program of the Illinois Humanities Council.

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    • 01 Jul 08
    • 12:33 pm

    Martha Biondi and James Thindwa have responded to Ken Brociner in a column titled "Earth to Ken Brociner" which went up on InTheseTimes.com today. http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3783/earth_to_ken_brociner/ Check it out.

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