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Joan Maureen Walsh (born September 18, ) is a liberal American political pundit and journalist....
Joan Walsh
American journalist
This article is about the journalist. For the mathematician, see Joan E.
Walsh.
Joan Maureen Walsh is a liberal American political pundit and journalist.
For the Irish actress, see Joan Brosnan Walsh.
Joan Maureen Walsh (born September 18, ) is a liberal American political pundit and journalist. Walsh is national affairs correspondent for The Nation, and was previously an on-air political analyst at CNN and MSNBC.
She produced the documentary The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show. She is a former editor-in-chief of Salon and author of the book What's the Matter with White People?[1]
Early life and education
Walsh was born in Brooklyn, New York[2] to an Irish Catholic family.[3] In , her family moved to Oceanside, Long Island.[2] She has one brother and one sister.
At the age of 13, her family moved to a northern suburb of Milwaukee where she attended high school and was editor of the school's newspaper.[4][5] Her mother died when she