Question: Facts: - caption: hedges , c. 2007 - birth name: christopher lynn hedges - spouse: eunice wong - education: colgate divinity school -lrb- m.div -rrb- university -lrb- b.a. , english literature -rrb- harvard - birth date: 18 september 1956 - name: chris hedges - nationality: american - image: chris hedges blur.jpg - birth place: st. johnsbury , vermont , u.s. - denomination: presbyterian church - occupation: journalist , writer , activist , clergyman Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of chris hedges .
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christopher lynn '' chris '' hedges -lrb- born september 18 , 1956 -rrb- is an american journalist , activist , author , and presbyterian minister .hedges is also known as the best-selling author of several books including '' war is a force that gives us meaning '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- -- a finalist for the national book critics circle award for nonfiction -- '' empire of illusion : the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , '' death of the liberal class '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , the '' new york times '' best seller , written with cartoonist joe sacco , '' days of destruction , days of revolt '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- , and his most recent '' wages of rebellion : the moral imperative of revolt -lrb- 2015 -rrb- . ''hedges is currently a columnist for the progressive news and commentary website truthdig , a senior fellow at the nation institute in new york city , and a contributing author for '' opednews '' .he spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in central america , the middle east , africa and the balkans .he has reported from more than fifty countries , and has worked for '' the christian science monitor '' , npr , '' dallas morning news '' , and '' the new york times '' , where he was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years -lrb- 1990 -- 2005 -rrb- .in 2002 , hedges was part of a group of eight reporters at '' the new york times '' awarded the pulitzer prize for the paper 's coverage of global terrorism .he also received the amnesty international global award for human rights journalism in 2002 .he has taught at columbia university , new york university , princeton university and the university of toronto .he currently teaches prisoners at a maximum-security prison in new jersey .he has described himself as a socialist .