Josh Voorhees is an American political journalist and senior writer for '' Slate'', and the former editor of its

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. He graduated from Davidson College, and currently lives in Iowa City,

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. In 2013, he was named a fellow of the Kiplinger Program by

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. In 2009, '' the Hill'' named him one of the 50 most beautiful people of 2009.

Career

Voorhees worked as a teacher in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

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before becoming a journalist. One of his first beats was at '' Environment and Energy Daily'', where he covered the

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