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Dale Maharidge

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor at Columbia Journalism School. He’s written for Rolling Stone, George Magazine, The Nation, Mother Jones, the New York Times op-ed page, among others. Maharidge’s first book, Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass, inspired Bruce Springsteen to write the songs “Youngstown” and “The New Timer.” Maharidge’s most recent book, Someplace Like America: Tales from the New Great Depression, is a reported retrospective on his 30 years of covering working-class issues.

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Dale Maharidge’s Chronicles of Widely Ignored U.S. Working Poor Inspire Music of Bruce Springsteen

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