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American publisher and editor
Win McCormack
is an American political activist, publisher, and editor from
Oregon
.
He is editor-in-chief of
Tin House
[1]
magazine and
Tin House Books
, the former publisher of
Oregon Magazine
, founder and treasurer of MediAmerica, Inc., and a co-founder of
Mother Jones
magazine
. He serves on the board of directors of the journal
New Perspectives Quarterly
.
[2]
His political and social writings have appeared in
Oregon Humanities
,
Tin House
,
The Nation
,
[3]
The Oregonian
, and
Oregon Magazine
. McCormack's investigative coverage of the
Rajneeshee
movement was awarded a William Allen White Commendation from the
University of Kansas
and the
City and Regional Magazine Association
.
As a political activist, McCormack served as Chair of the Oregon Steering Committee for
Gary Hart
's 1984 presidential campaign. He was chair of the
Democratic Party of Oregon
's President's Council and a member of the
Obama
for President Oregon Finance Committee.
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Additionally, McCormack sits on the Board of Overseers for
Emerson College
,
[4]
and is a co-founder of the Los Angeles?based
Liberty Hill Foundation
.
[5]
In February 2016, McCormack purchased
The New Republic
magazine from
Chris Hughes
.
[6]
[7]
[8]
He received an A.B. from
Harvard College
and an MFA from the
University of Oregon
.
[9]
In 2024, McCormack's chauffeurs were arrested for allegedly defrauding him of over $34 million over the course of seven years. McCormack is the heir to a midwest banking fortune, and claimed he did not often check charges made to his account.
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Books
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- 2008
You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values
. Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books.
ISBN
978-1-135-89772-7
.
- 2010
The Rajneesh Chronicles
. Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books.
ISBN
978-0-9825691-9-1
.
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