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Articles by David Sirota:
The Plague of Potomac Fever
(Creators Syndicate)
Matthews vs. McNulty
(Creators Syndicate)
The Ludlow Legacy, Part II: Colorado
(Creators Syndicate)
The Ludlow Legacy, Part I: Colombia
(Creators Syndicate)
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
(Creators Syndicate)
Presidential Politics & the Race Chasm
(The Oregonian)
The Race Chasm and '08
(Denver Post)
The Clinton Firewall & the Race Chasm
(In These Times)
Is Wright Right About Racism?
(Creators Syndicate)
The Upside of Nationalism
(In These Times)
New Crisis, Old Isms
(Creators Syndicate)
Remembering What Nixon Learned
(Creators Syndicate)
The Hope In the Time of NAFTA
(Creators Syndicate)
The New Permament Campaign
(Creators Syndicate)
A Trade Transformation
(Creators Syndicate)
The Candidate of the Permanent Will
(Creators Syndicate)
It's Also the Congress, Stupid
(In These Times)
The Democrats' Class War
(Creators Syndicate)
Rocky Mountain Realities
(Creators Syndicate)
The Stimulus Swindle
(Creators Syndicate)
Digging In the Right Place
(Creators Syndicte)
Stay Classy, Mike Huckabee
(Creators Syndicate)
The Path to a National Popular Vote
(Creators Syndicate)
Fear, Loathing & the Crisis of Confidence
(Creators Syndicate)
When Barbarians Take Hostages
(Creators Syndicate)
The Last Row of the Plane
(Creators Syndicate)
Conservative, Or Just Plain Corrupt?
(Creators Syndicate)
Was Ross Perot Right?
(Creators Syndicate)
The Immigration Con Artists
(Creators Syndicate)
The Huey Longs of Iowa
(Creators Syndicate)
Halloween & The Lead Monster
(Creators Syndicate)
Captive-Industry Populism
(Creators Syndicate)
The Invisible Culture of Corruption
(Creators Syndicate)
Confronting the Hollow Men
(Creators Syndicate)
Immoral, Not Inept
(Creators Syndicate)
Tyranny of the Tiny Minority
(Creators Syndicate)
Over the Dead Bodies...Again
(Creators Syndicate)
The Lesson of the DMV
(Creators Syndicate)
Get Busy Living, Or Get Busy Dying
(The Nation)
New Ways of Thinking On Election Reform
(The Oregonian)
When the Class War Goes Local
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Welcome to the Republican Asylum
(Radar Magazine)
Obama Struggles to Find His Line
(Radar Magazine)
Chicken Soup for the Outsourced Soul
(Radar Magazine)
Windows Into Populism's Rise
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Protesting & Legislating to End the War
(Baltimore Sun)
Pro-Union Hillary Harbors Labor Foes
(Radar Magazine)
The Marriage of Hypocrisy & Corruption
(Denver Post)
Democracy Haters
(In These Times)
Fast Track Hurts Montana Farmers, Workers
(Billings Gazette)
'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Needed
(San Francisco Chronicle)
What They Said, And When They Said It
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Flattening the Great Education Myth
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Embracing Populism
(In These Times)
A Majority Leader, Not a Follower
(Baltimore Sun)
Pinstriped Populist
(New York Times)
Learning from Lamont
(In These Times)
The War on Workers
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Big Money vs. Grassroots
(Washington Spectator)
Where Economics Meets Religious Fundamentalism
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Addressing America's Health Care Taboo
(Washington Examiner)
Who Must Really Answer for 9/11?
(Washington Examiner)
Legislating Under the Influence
(In These Times)
Who's Lieberman Represent? Not You.
(Hartford Courant)
Trivializing Corruption
(PBS Now)
Find Your True Center
(Washington Post)
Mr. Obama Goes to Washington
(The Nation)
Money Plus Secrecy Equals Trouble
(Baltimore Sun)
The Hostile Takeover of American Democracy
(Chicago Sun-Times)
Rick Santorum's Hostile Takeover
(Philadelphia Daily News)
Fighting the Hostile Takeover
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Supply-and-Demand Solutions
(San Francisco Chronicle)
The Seinfeld Strategy
(In These Times)
A Primary Concern
(In These Times)
Undermining the Ownership Society
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Workers On the Slag Heap of History
(Philadelphia Daily News)
The New Battle for States' Rights
(Tom Paine)
Fusion's Third-Party Path to the Center
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Free-Trading Away America's Security
(San Francisco Chronicle)
The Battle for the States
(In These Times)
It's Time for a Windfall Profits Tax
(Costco Connection)
Newt's New Con
(The Nation)
The Corruption Eruption Continues
(Washington Spectator)
A Health Care Solution
(Baltimore Sun)
Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Just Do It
(Washington Spectator)
On the Verge of Political Reform
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Why Not Get Warrants?
(Memphis Flyer)
Will the Dems Step Up In the New Year?
(In These Times)
This Is The Race
(In These Times)
Partisan War Syndrome
(In These Times)
Divvying Up Ohio
(American Prospect)
Hurricanes Rain on Bush's Tax Cut Parade
(In These Times)
The Deafening & Dangerous Silence on Taxes
(San Francisco Chronicle)
The Resurgence of Movement Politics
(The Nation)
Watergate's Lost Legacy
(American Prospect)
Fear, Loathing & the GOP
(In These Times)
Sending a Message on Trade
(Alternet)
Conversions on the Road to Reality
(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Edwards' Own Trade Spotlight
(Charlotte Observer)
Debunking Centrism
(The Nation)
Green + Red = Blue
(In These Times)
The Democrats' Da Vinci Code
(American Prospect)
Top Billings
(Washington Monthly)
Vote for Bush or Die
(The Nation)
You Call This a Democracy?
(In These Times)
Debate School
(American Prospect)
The Greed Factor
(American Prospect)
Tricky Dick
(American Prospect)
Late, Great Middle Class
(Los Angeles Times)
Follow the Money
(Washington Monthly)
The Big Squeeze
(American Prospect)
They Knew
(In These Times)
When Left is Right
(In These Times)
These Dogs Don't Hunt
(American Prospect)
When Ignorance Isn't Bliss
(In These Times)
The $700 Million Question
(American Prospect)
Being Dick Cheney
(In These Times)
It's the Stupidity, Stupid
(In These Times)
The Fox of War
(Salon.com)
Clarke's Vindication
(Salon.com)
Bad Rerun, Worse Consequences
(Popmatters)
On Second Thought
(Ft. Worth Weekly)
Married Gay Martians on Steroids
(Popmatters)
The Failure of Populism?
(TomPaine.com)
G. Walker Bush, Texas Ranger
(Popmatters)
Will America Follow?
(Popmatters)
Bring On the Truth
(Popmatters)
The Motives of Intimigate
(Popmatters)
Profit America
(Popmatters)
The CEO-In-Chief
(Popmatters)
No Question, the Media Is Right
(Popmatters)
Use Trade as a Tool
(Baltimore Sun)
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4/25/08: David Sirota has launched an online book club at Facebook for his upcoming book THE UPRISING. At the book club, he will post advance excerpts of the book and additional photos from his time reporting across the country. Join the book club here.
By David Sirota, 5/9/08
When it comes to race, American politics is as polarized as a red and blue election map. On one side are those who try to distract from the issue; on the other side are those who work to sensationalize it. As this campaign season shows, what unifies both is bigotry.
Read the rest of Sirota's newest nationally syndicated column here...
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EDITOR: If you would like to see Sirota's weekly column in your local newspaper, just go here to find the contact info for your local newspaper editor and send them a message with the request (remember - be polite and respectful!).
David Sirota is a political journalist, New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist living in Denver. His daily blog can be found at Credo action (his old blog was at this site, but moved). He is a senior fellow at the Campaign for America's Future and a board member of the Progressive States Network - both 501(c)3 nonpartisan research organizations. He writes a weekly, nationally syndicated column for Creators Syndicate which was launched in the Fall of 2007 and which now appears in newspapers with a combined daily circulation of more than 1.3 million readers. Newspapers running Sirota's column include, among others, The Denver Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle Times, The Idaho Statesman, The Everett Herald, The Idaho Falls Post Register and The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star and The Ocala Star-Banner. Sirota also contributes regularly to the Denver Post's website, is a senior editor at In These Times magazine, and is working on his second book, due out in the Spring of 2008. He has been profiled in Newsweek and the Rocky Mountain News and is widely known for his reporting on political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties. The New York Times has called him a "populist rabble-rouser" with a "take-no-prisoners mind-set," while the Philadelphia Daily News labeled him "a progressive powerhouse." The American Prospect said Sirota is "the kind of pundit you'd like to have on your side in a knife fight and wouldn't want to cross in a dark alley." Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins said, "Sirota is a new-generation populist who instinctively understands that the only real questions are 'Who's getting screwed?' and 'Who's doing the screwing?'"
BIOGRAPHY: See Sirota's full biography here.
ARTICLES: See all of Sirota's writings in the lefthand column of this website.
MEDIA APPEARANCES: See Sirota's recent newspaper appearances here and television appearances here.
CONTACT: Email David Sirota at lists [at] davidsirota.com. You can also contact Sirota through his MySpace site and Facebook page.
PHOTO: Download a high-res press photo of Sirota here.
THEME SONG: Download Sirota's Al Franken Show theme song.
PROFILES: Read profiles of Sirota in Newsweek, the Rocky Mountain News and The New Republic.
Recent news stories and media appearances featuring David Sirota:
What Is Racism In 2008? (NPR - KUOW)
Analyzing the Race Chasm (TPM Media)
Obama's Past and Future (NPR - KQED)
Split Decision Divides Dems (ABC News)
Clinton, Obama are Wall Street Darlings (LA Times)
Will Texas and Ohio Give Dems a Nominee? (Channel 2 News)
Meet the Superdelegates (MSNBC)
The Chicken Doves (Rolling Stone)
Focusing On the Issues (Publisher's Weekly)
Democrats Go Upscale In '08 (National Journal)
Columnist Was Early Predictor of Huckabee Success (Editor & Publisher)
Discussing a National Popular Vote (Wisconsin Public Radio)
Of Taxes, Hostages and Henry Kravis (New York Times)
A New Kind of Message (Idaho Public Radio)
People Eyeing Toy Recalls (Lancaster Eagle Gazette)
Both Sides Shun McGovern Surtax (Worcester Telegram)
Clinton Nearly Ready for Her Coronation (New York Post)
Name Calling, Politics and the War in Iraq (KCRW Radio)
Poll: Lamont Would Win If Election Were Held Now (Journal Inquirer)
Dems Push To Left As Populist Mood Grows (Investors Business Daily)
New Post Web Site Uses Internet Well (Rocky Mountain News)
September A Critical Month for Lawmakers (Newhouse News Service)
Senate Confirmation Hearings Promise Drama (MSNBC)
Senate Prospects Seem Brighter for Democrats (MSNBC)
Sirota Syndication Deal Starts 9/13 (Editor & Publisher)
Dem Candidates Snubbing Centrist Group (Copley News Service)
Shaheen's 2002 War Stance Reviewed (Associated Press)
Extremism In Defense of Price Gouging (National Journal)
Liberals Adopt Name for 'Progress' (Washington Times)
Five Questions for Journalist & Author David Sirota (Rocky Mountain News)
Sirota to Write a Creators Syndicate Column (Editor & Publisher)
Campaign Finance Reformers Make Their Move (Missoula Independent)
Blogosphere Fury at Dems on Iraq Vote (Hill Newspaper)
How Much Do the Democrats Need K Street? (MSNBC)
Can Democrats Take Yes for An Answer? (Washington Post)
David Sirota periodically guests hosts talk radio shows. You can listen to podcasts of them here:
3/24/08 - AM 760, Hour 1
3/24/08 - AM 760, Hour 2
2/7/08 - AM 760, Hour 1
2/7/08 - AM 760, Hour 2
2/7/08 - AM 760, Hour 3
2/7/08 - AM 760, Hour 4
2/5/08 - AM 760, Hour 1
2/5/08 - AM 760, Hour 2
2/5/08 - AM 760, Hour 3
2/5/08 - AM 760, Hour 4
Sirota on CNN - 4/5/08
Sirota on Colorado Inside Out (PBS) - 3/7/08
Sirota on Denver's Channel 2 News - 3/1/08
Sirota on Colorado Inside Out (PBS)- 2/14/08
Sirota on Denver's Channel 2 News - 2/9/08
Sirota on Independent Thinking (PBS) - 11/8/07
Sirota on Colorado Inside Out (PBS) - 10/19/07
Sirota on Colorado Inside Out (PBS) - 9/27/07
Sirota on Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN) - 9/24/07
Sirota on Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN) - 5/14/07
Sirota debates Ann Coulter (CNBC) - 8/11/06
Sirota debates John Stossel (CNBC) - 6/16/06
More Clips:
7/28/07 - Sirota on Bulls & Bears (Fox News)
6/23/07 - Sirota on Cashing In, Part 1 (Fox News)
6/23/07 - Sirota on Cashing In, Part 2 (Fox News)
4/19/07 - Sirota at PSN Gala (C-SPAN)
6/22/06 - Sirota at Atticus Books w/ Ned Lamont
6/16/06 - Sirota on PBS Now
6/14/06 - Sirota on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
6/11/06 - Sirota at YearlyKos (LinkTV)
5/8/06 - Sirota at American Progress (C-SPAN)
2/22/06 - Sirota on Countdown (MSNBC)
David Sirota's new book is "The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington." Due out on May 27th, 2008, the book is a work of investigative journalism. It is a firsthand narrative account inside America's new populist movement, from the streets of New York City to the halls of Microsoft to the deserts at the Mexican border. Go to The Uprising's official website to see a schedule of Sirota's book tour. The book is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Tattered Cover, Powell's, or through your local independent bookstore. The Uprising will also be available as an audiobook, which you can pre-order here. For a high-resolution media-ready photo of the book's cover, click here. Stay tuned to this site for Sirota's book tour schedule and media appearances.
May to August, 2008: National Book Tour
David Sirota will be traveling all over the country from late May until mid-August on a tour for his upcoming book, THE UPRISING (due out 5/27). Check The Uprising's official website for the full tour schedule.
Sirota has published stand-alone articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Oregonian, The Hartford Courant, The Baltimore Sun, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Nation, The Washington Monthly, In These Times and The American Prospect. His weekly, nationally syndicated newspaper column appears in publications with a combined daily readership of 1.6 million. Here is a list of publications that run his column weekly and/or regularly:
The Aiken Standard
Alternet
The Billings Gazette
The Cookeville Herald-Citizen
Credo Action
The Daily Iberian
The Denver Post
The Everett Herald
The Ft. Collins Coloradoan
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
The Grand Haven Tribune
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
The Idaho Post Register
The Idaho Statesman
In These Times
The Jackson Hole Daily News
The Lewiston Sun-Journal
The McAllen Monitor
The Ocala Star-Banner
The Panama City News Herald
The Pawtucket Times
The Progressive Populist
The San Francisco Chronicle
The Seattle Times
The Statesville Record & Landmark
The Sterling Journal-Advocate
TruthDig
The Vail Daily
The Woonsocket Call
