Thomas B. Edsall is a weekly columnist for The New York Times, (Wednesdays online), covering demographic and strategic trends in American politics. He has been a Professor of Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 2006. Edsall covered American politics at The Washington Post from 1981 to 2006, and at The Baltimore Sun from 1967 to 1981. He has written five books, including The Age of Austerity; Building Red America; Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics; Power and Money; and The New Politics of Inequality. He is the winner of the Carey McWilliams Award, the Noel Markwell Award, and a Pulitzer finalist in General NonFiction.