1. Christopher Loffredo Hayes is an American political commentator, television news anchor, and author.
21 Facts About Chris Hayes
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Chris Hayes's mother is of Italian descent and his father is of Irish Catholic ancestry.
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Chris Hayes's father moved to New York from Chicago while studying at a Jesuit seminary, and began community organizing in the Bronx.
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Roger Chris Hayes spent several years leading community organizing at the Community Service Society of New York and works as an assistant commissioner for the NYC Department of Health.
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Chris Hayes's mother was a school teacher and works for the NYC Department of Education.
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Chris Hayes was raised Catholic, but stopped attending services in college and does not consider himself to be religious.
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Chris Hayes is a childhood friend and schoolmate of comedian Desus Nice.
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Chris Hayes attended Hunter College High School in New York City; his classmates included Immortal Technique and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Chris Hayes attended Brown University majoring in philosophy, graduating with his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2001.
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From 2005 to 2006, Chris Hayes was a Schumann Center Writing Fellow at In These Times.
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From 2006 through 2007, Chris Hayes was a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute, and a contributing writer for The Nation.
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Chris Hayes guest-hosted The Rachel Maddow Show in July 2010 while Maddow was traveling in Afghanistan and later often filled in for Maddow when she was absent due to his twin-like resemblance to Maddow.
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Chris Hayes has hosted other MSNBC shows such as The Ed Show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell.
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On November 5,2010, MSNBC announced that Chris Hayes would be filling in for Keith Olbermann during Olbermann's suspension.
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Chris Hayes is the most frequent guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
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The first airing of Up with Chris Hayes was September 17,2011, and featured a live interview with Nancy Pelosi.
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Chris Hayes initially defended his comment by urging people to listen to what he had actually said.
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On March 14,2013, MSNBC announced that Chris Hayes would take over the time slot formerly hosted by Ed Schultz, who would move to the weekends.
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Chris Hayes criticized the United States government's decision to charge WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act of 1917 for his role in the 2010 publication of a trove of Iraq War documents and diplomatic cables leaked by Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.
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In particular, Chris Hayes writes about the impact of both the monetization of human attention and the ongoing competition for this limited resource.
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Chris Hayes is married to Kate Shaw, a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Supreme Court contributor for ABC News.