Alexandra Swe "Alex" Wagner is an American television host and liberal political commentator.
Background
Alex Wagner was born and raised in Washington, District of Columbia Her mother, Tin Swe Thant, is an immigrant from Rangoon, Myanmar, who became a naturalized American after marrying Alex"s father. Her father, Carl Wagner, is from Iowa, of German and Irish descent, and is a prominent Democratic Party political consultant who co-chaired Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Education
She attended Woodrow Wilson High School and graduated from Brown University in 1999, having studied art history and literature.
Career
She was the anchor of the daytime program Now with Alex Wagner on Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company. Wagner was raised Roman Catholic. Wagner has worked as the cultural correspondent for the Center for American Progress. From 2003 to 2007, she was editor-in-chief of The Fader magazine, covering music and cultural movements from around the world.
She also served as executive director of Not On Our Watch Project, an advocacy organization focused on mass atrocities and human rights violations.
Wagner then became the White House correspondent for Politics Daily, a political news magazine under America Online News. She moved to The Huffington Post after it was acquired by America Online. As an analyst on Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, Wagner appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The Last Word with Lawrence O"Donnell.
On November 14, 2011, Wagner began hosting Now with Alex Wagner weekdays (originally at noon ET, but later at 4 Prime Minister ET). On July 30, 2015, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company President Tim Griffin announced that the series had been cancelled in an effort to transiton the network"s daytime programming to more breaking news reporting and less political commentary and opinion.
The next day the program aired its final episode.
Politics
She has described herself as progressive and believes that the Second Amendment to the United States. Constitution should be repealed. On matters involving Israel, she believes that there is an element of “trepidation that inhibits a robust discussion about Israel in the American media" due to fears of being falsely slurred as an anti-Semite.