Author Profile
G. Pascal Zachary
G. Pascal Zachary, a member of the In These Times Board of Editors, is the author of the memoir Married to Africa: A Love Story and The Diversity Advantage: Multicultural Identity in the New World Economy. From 1989 to 2001, he was a senior writer for the Wall Street Journal. Zachary has contributed articles to In These Times for more than 20 years and edits the blog Africa Works, about the political economy of sub-Saharan Africa.
Born in Brooklyn, Zachary was raised on Long Island and studied philosophy at the University of Albany. He moved to northern California in 1978, where he joined the last staff of the Berkeley Barb, a dissenting weekly, and later was a reporter and columnist at the Santa Barbara News & Review, a worker-owned weekly. He also worked as a writer and editor for Williamette Week (Portland, Ore.), the San Jose Mercury News and Time Inc.’s Business 2.0 magazine.
Over 25 years, he has published articles in many newspapers, magazines and journals, including Foreign Policy, Fortune, In These Times, Mother Jones, Project Syndicate, The New Republic, Wilson Quarterly and Wired.
Zachary contributed a column on technological change to The New York Times in 2007 and 2008. He is the author of four books, including Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century (1997). He is currently working on a book about the new science of physical surveillance.
Most Recent Articles
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Features
The Will to Secede
With the re-election of Barack Obama, secession rears its head. more »
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After Bin Laden, Obama’s Opportunity Knocks
Might the killing of Osama bin Laden create a once-in-a-presidency opportunity for Barack Obama: the chance to redefine more »
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Stalking the Wild Potato
Peru, birthplace of the spud, struggles to protect its biodiversity. more »
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The ITT List
Obama Fired McChrystal—and Missed a Major Opportunity
By G. Pascal Zachary Obama has missed a chance, in firing McChrystal, to re-think his war policies in more »
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United Nations (Sort of) Condemns Ongoing U.S. Drone Assassinations
The United Nations Human Rights Council has issued a report highly critical of assassinations carried out by U more »
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Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s Future and Genocide’s Legacy
By G. Pascal Zachary April is a cruel month for Rwanda: the anniversary of the genocide. But the 1994 more »
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Culture
The Oracle of Africa
Chinua Achebe reminds us that his continent's problems are as old as colonialism. more »
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Get Out Now
The case for an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan. more »
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Jacob Zuma: Sub-Saharan Populist
The anxiety over the selection of Jacob Zuma as president of South Africa obscures a significant milestone: For more »
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The Trouble with French Identity
The riots in France reveal the cracks in its national project more »
