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Victor Tan Chen
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Victor Tan Chen cofounded InTheFray Magazine in April 2001. With Princeton sociologist Katherine S. Newman, he is the co-author of The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America. His writing has also appeared in Newsday, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Minority Law Journal, The Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Daily News, The Oregonian, Let's Go: Chile, and the book Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market. The son of Taiwanese immigrant parents, Chen was born in New York, and grew up in the suburbs of South Jersey. He lives on Long Island with his wife Emi, his son Elijah, and two fat cats. (Photo by Tamar Cedeno-Ramos.)

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DateTitle
06/13/2009 20:16:29Alan Watts, British philosopher
06/10/2009 16:16:47Alice Walker, American author
01/11/2009 01:00:00It all goes back to Enron
01/07/2009 01:00:00Blogging Hope and Peace in Gaza
01/06/2009 01:00:00CIA pot calls kettle black
12/02/2008 01:00:00Obamanomics for the Missing Class
12/02/2008 01:00:00The Missing Class now out in paperback
09/27/2008 02:11:53Bruce Lee, Chinese American martial artist
09/27/2008 02:04:16Bruce Lee, Chinese American martial artist
09/27/2008 02:00:43Bruce Lee, Chinese American martial artist
08/29/2008 02:00:00Obama's Reagan moment in Denver
08/18/2008 02:00:00Hershey's not-so-pure chocolate
08/12/2008 02:00:00Another dream team
08/11/2008 02:00:00Rule no. 1 of political campaigning: Embrace xenophobic patriotism
08/08/2008 02:00:00Is our food made from petroleum?
07/21/2008 02:00:00The race war in Darfur
07/20/2008 02:00:00Breaking our addiction to oil, cold turkey
07/18/2008 05:06:13Ed Burns, American writer
07/18/2008 05:02:36Robert A. Heinlein, American novelist and science fiction writer
07/10/2008 02:00:00Study: Mice who stop drinking booze swim less
07/09/2008 02:00:00Onward, Christian soldiers
07/07/2008 02:00:00The politics of Pringles
07/06/2008 02:00:00Movie analysis: Spielberg's A.I., a fable about life's loss
06/04/2008 01:47:18Uniting a house divided
05/05/2008 00:49:41Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian
04/28/2008 00:32:54Carrier takes off
04/16/2008 13:07:29A middle way to solve America's healthcare mess
04/07/2008 02:23:31'Church-state' in the United States
03/17/2008 02:06:44The Missing Class named one of the Best Business Books of 2007
03/11/2008 09:28:59Bob Herbert on America's declining fortunes
02/08/2008 16:47:24All's not fair in economic stimulus and class warfare
02/08/2008 00:39:02Under the causeway
02/05/2008 21:20:01DIY punditry
02/05/2008 01:19:14Lions and lambs
02/03/2008 01:15:58Juking the stats
02/01/2008 17:40:20Friday diversions
02/01/2008 17:07:18Cambridge Forum clip and book reviews
02/01/2008 01:14:25Lost again
01/31/2008 02:32:50Edwards is out
01/29/2008 15:10:42The wasted potential of The Wire
01/28/2008 17:01:25'Even the devil wants to be listened to'
11/15/2007 06:34:48Brian Lehrer interview canceled
11/02/2007 13:50:50Appearances on Bill Moyers Journal and the Brian Lehrer Show
10/15/2007 15:17:02Marketplace interview and Bob Herbert column
10/04/2007 19:05:14Op-ed in the Chronicle of Higher Education
09/13/2007 00:26:19Book excerpt and radio interview, plus updated schedule
08/27/2007 01:16:35My book, The Missing Class, is now available
06/02/2007 19:33:02Why bugs like global warming
05/14/2007 16:27:362007 Iris Chang Memorial Essay Contest (Deadline: June 30)
05/10/2007 05:38:01Cats on TV
04/05/2007 17:26:07Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
03/26/2007 03:17:54All that glitters is not gold
03/11/2007 00:48:48A portrait of the artist as an old man
02/24/2007 17:22:21Anatomy of a homophobe
01/30/2007 06:30:44When does the greed stop?
01/30/2007 06:27:46BSOD
08/26/2006 22:19:37Ghosts of America past, present, and yet to come
08/19/2006 15:05:52Allen’s bully pulpit
08/13/2006 21:03:26The courage not to choose (part two)
07/30/2006 01:00:23The courage not to choose
07/24/2006 20:16:49A war without end
07/08/2006 20:37:16Global poverty vs. global warming?
07/01/2006 00:40:40Inconvenient truths and irrevocable consequences
06/27/2006 17:05:18The Bush executive: more equal than others
06/24/2006 13:58:30Why do they hate us?
06/17/2006 14:55:49No more American dreaming?
06/10/2006 23:48:39Martyred at last
06/05/2006 13:06:36Remembering Valerie
05/29/2006 20:01:16Why do they hate us?
05/28/2006 17:11:14Blogging from the big house
05/27/2006 21:40:23Still looking for the Right Thing
05/26/2006 19:11:05Beware of boys in slinky dresses
05/20/2006 09:10:21What Lawrence of Arabia has to say about Iraq (part two)
05/17/2006 19:39:19What Lawrence of Arabia has to say about Iraq
05/13/2006 00:38:32DJ Star, New York’s cultural ambassador
05/08/2006 20:37:39Dial-a-spouse
05/07/2006 12:57:05A torture policy that can’t be believed
04/29/2006 09:47:38Please disregard the frightening statistics. The world is a safer place.
04/21/2006 19:18:25Hiroshima’s crucifix
04/08/2006 09:30:15Why your tuna has a layover in Tokyo
04/03/2006 18:11:33War powers remain in legal limbo
04/01/2006 17:22:34If we leave our gods (part two)
03/30/2006 20:23:13Quote of note: House Republicans show concern for inmates
03/29/2006 04:31:01If we leave our gods
03/18/2006 02:22:12Green in the face
03/11/2006 07:19:58For they know not what they do
03/05/2006 00:50:22A kinder, gentler jailer
02/25/2006 21:51:18When racism is rational
02/23/2006 20:31:57Secrets …
02/11/2006 21:09:26Revenge of the cartoon characters
02/08/2006 11:09:57Brokeback to the future
02/07/2006 22:10:33Not so fun in the sun
02/07/2006 20:03:57‘Before this, I hadn't encountered much evil in my life’
02/05/2006 10:02:42Looking for moderates in the Muslim world
01/31/2006 22:24:14Answers to the State of the Union Quiz: George, Bill, or Osama?
01/31/2006 22:22:08State of the Union Quiz: George, Bill, or Osama? You decide!
01/25/2006 00:32:04Angels and devils
01/24/2006 00:51:47If you can read this, you’re smarter than 73 percent of college students
01/23/2006 00:55:02The last freedom (continued)
01/21/2006 23:55:19The last freedom
01/17/2006 22:36:14Quote of note: Stories about real people
01/16/2006 22:23:02The once and future King
01/16/2006 00:13:28A victim, now victorious
01/14/2006 22:12:40Quote of note: Conan’s transatlantic alliance
12/31/2005 08:18:50Ordinary, yet iconic: Rosa Parks and Fred Korematsu, R.I.P.
12/28/2005 00:12:42Munich caught in the crossfire
12/15/2005 22:20:42‘A Merry Christmas to all, and to Bill O’Reilly, Happy Holidays’
12/08/2005 20:32:31Brokeback Boondocks
12/05/2005 23:39:3250 issues later ...
12/03/2005 18:02:37A bitter pill to swallow
12/01/2005 18:17:02Mr. Miyagi remembered
11/26/2005 23:01:33’Tis the season ...
11/26/2005 20:36:20Honoring sacrifice
11/20/2005 02:50:53Stupidity rather than courage
11/12/2005 14:44:07Fighting fire with fluff
11/05/2005 15:34:26Our faith-based energy policy
11/04/2005 10:13:09Quote of note: All I really need to know I learned from the Taliban
10/29/2005 02:44:51Things fall apart
10/22/2005 06:32:53Raising Kaine
10/21/2005 16:37:28Uncivil war: a reader’s response
10/06/2005 20:17:09How not to fight a war
09/30/2005 05:33:18‘We smoked and fucked him’
09/22/2005 20:39:20Profile of American global justice
09/14/2005 16:02:16Uncivil war
09/08/2005 20:48:33The ‘Blame Black People First’ crowd
09/07/2005 20:52:56New Orleans, up by the bootstraps
09/06/2005 14:52:13A doctor in New Orleans
09/05/2005 00:16:50Still made in America, but for how much longer?
09/02/2005 23:39:58‘We are throw-away people’
09/01/2005 16:58:30Help for victims of Hurricane Katrina
08/25/2005 23:11:47A conversation this country needs
08/18/2005 02:35:57Things look awfully better with your head stuck in the ground
08/11/2005 23:01:40With enemies like these, who needs friends?
08/10/2005 00:02:47Not so intelligent, Mr. President
08/04/2005 17:24:41A fear of fairness
07/28/2005 22:24:27‘I’m a whore this week. What can I say?’
07/21/2005 21:07:15Please don't let this man become president
07/14/2005 20:51:56More trouble at Hotel Guantánamo
07/07/2005 20:39:02With great ego comes great meltdown
06/30/2005 20:46:15Marriage with a pink triangle
06/23/2005 04:21:53When optimists should be shot
06/20/2005 13:51:38Latter-day crusades
06/09/2005 12:02:45The weak become strong
06/02/2005 11:42:55Dream on, Europe
05/26/2005 18:22:12The path to the dark side
05/19/2005 11:00:13Euro pudding
05/12/2005 11:44:48Racist roundup answers!
05/12/2005 11:35:18Racist (and misogynist!) roundup
05/01/2005 12:31:43Anti-imperialism at the laundromat
04/28/2005 10:09:03Voulez-vous coucher avec Le Pen?
04/21/2005 10:59:41A Texas Ranger in Paris
04/14/2005 11:44:43Cosmic race
11/08/2004 20:11:37Onward, progressive soldiers
07/29/2004 17:24:32Waging war
07/28/2004 19:07:42Putting on a happy face for the party
07/28/2004 12:13:39Angels and aliens
01/25/2004 22:25:33Beware 'Chinamen' who make furniture
01/07/2004 21:56:23Nurturing another Islam
12/24/2003 22:04:34The battle after Seattle
12/24/2003 22:04:34The battle after Seattle (part two)
12/22/2003 22:58:17Fear totalitarianism
11/10/2003 20:47:31‘Assault on the very basis of life’
10/26/2003 17:21:48The new ‘crisis’ of democracy (complete transcript, part two)
10/26/2003 17:21:48The new ‘crisis’ of democracy (complete transcript)
10/26/2003 00:55:49The new ‘crisis’ of democracy
10/25/2003 17:36:31The end of old-school organizing
06/10/2003 07:35:08500 channels (and nothing on)
04/11/2003 08:25:33Old Glory in new times
02/11/2003 10:38:22At the heart of the darkness

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