A MacArthur fellow, Pew fellow and Guggenheim fellow. He is founding president of Blue Ocean Institute and author of many books, including most recently A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout.
Special guests Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe and more came together to celebrate 30 years of Democracy Now! at a sold out Riverside Church event in NYC on March 23, 2026.