Status Married Parents Rafael Yglesias Role Writer | Name Matthew Yglesias Occupation Blogger, journalist | |
Born May 18, 1981 (age 43) ( 1981-05-18 ) United States Notable credit(s) Blogger; staff writer at Center for American Progress; former writer for The Atlantic Monthly magazine and the American Prospect; frequent guest on BloggingHeads.tv; former economics blogger for Slate Books Heads in the sand, The Rent Is Too Damn High: What To Do About It, And Why It Matters More Than You Think Grandparents Jose Yglesias, Helen Yglesias Similar People Profiles | ||
Matthew yglesias at mtsu march 22nd 2013
Matthew Yglesias (; born May 18, 1981) is an American blogger and journalist who writes about economics and politics from a liberal/progressive perspective. Yglesias has written columns and articles for publications such as The American Prospect, The Atlantic, and Slate. Currently, he is an editor and columnist for the news website Vox, which he co-founded in 2014.
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- Matthew yglesias at mtsu march 22nd 2013
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- Early life and education
- Career
- Vox
- Works
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Early life and education
Yglesias's father Rafael Yglesias is a screenwriter and novelist. His paternal grandparents were novelists Jose Yglesias and Helen Yglesias (née Bassine). His paternal grandfather was of Spanish-Cuban background, and his three other grandparents were of Eastern European Jewish descent.
Yglesias went to high school at The Dalton School in New York City and later attended Harvard University where he studied philosophy.
Career
Yglesias started blogging in early 2002, while still in college, focusing mainly on American politics and public policy issues, often approached from an abstract, philosophical perspective. Yglesias was a strong supporter of invading Iraq, Iran and North Korea, calling the countries on his blog "evil" and stating that "we should take them all out," although he was critical of the term "axis of evil." He later called his attitudes about the war a mistake.
Yglesias joined the American Prospect as a writing fellow upon his graduation in 2003, subsequently becoming a staff writer. His posts appeared regularly on the magazine's collaborative weblog TAPPED.
From June 2007 until August 2008, he was a staff writer at The Atlantic Monthly, and his blog was hosted on the magazine's website, The Atlantic. In July 2008, he announced that he would leave The Atlantic Monthly for the Center for American Progress where he wrote for its blog, ThinkProgress, because he missed "the sense of collegiality that comes from working with like-minded colleagues on a shared enterprise" and thought he could "help advance their mission". On November 21, 2011, he left ThinkProgress to work as a business and economics correspondent at Slate's Moneybox.
Andrew Sullivan formerly took nominations on his blog for the Yglesias Award, an honor "for writers, politicians, columnists or pundits who actually criticize their own side, make enemies among political allies, and generally risk something for the sake of saying what they believe."
Yglesias has stated that he voted for Mitt Romney when he ran for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002.
Yglesias was a supporter of Martin O'Malley during the 2016 Democratic primaries.
Vox
In February 2014, he left Slate and joined Vox Media to work on Vox.com with Ezra Klein.