Alexander Zaitchik

Alexander Zaitchik is an American freelance journalist who writes on politics, media, and the environment.

He has written for The Nation, The New Republic, the Intercept, Rolling Stone, the Guardian, Foreign Policy, the Baffler, the International Herald Tribune, Wired, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Believer, among others.

He was a staff writer and editor at the New York Press, the eXile in Moscow, and was the founding editor at the Prague Pill, an alternative newspaper in the Czech Republic.

His first book, Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance, was published by John Wiley & Sons in June 2010.

Political philosopher Mark Lilla called the book, a "sharp and informative smackdown."

His second book, "The Gilded Rage: A Wild Ride Through Donald Trump's America" was published by Skyhorse Publishing in August 2016.

Writing in the Sacramento Bee, syndicated columnist Ben Boychuk called the book “[o]ne of the most important and overlooked books of the 2016 campaign season.” His third book, Out of the Ooze: The Story of Dr. Tom Price was published by Strong Arm Press as an eBook in June 2017.

Zaitchik's fourth book, "Owning The Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19" was published by Counterpoint Press in March 2021.

Kirkus Reviews called Owning the Sun “A brave and timely reminder… A trenchant study of the dangers of turning medical knowledge into private intellectual property.” Publishers Weekly said Zaitchik " takes readers through the labyrinthine history of medical patents in this expansive study… Zaitchik covers a remarkable amount of ground and never gets lost in the weeds. The result is comprehensive and illuminating.” Representative Lloyd Doggett praised Zaitchik, writing "With so many Americans unable to afford ever soaring drug prices, Zaitchik’s important [and] insightful history of the rise of Big Pharma demonstrates the urgency of restraining pharmaceutical monopoly power.”