Alex Henderson

Alex V. Henderson is a veteran journalist who covers political, social, business, legal and financial topics as well as arts and entertainment. His topics have included civil liberties, the economy, poverty, unemployment, the War on Drugs, health care reform, corporate responsibility, U.S. foreign policy, the Prison/Industrial Complex, climate change and the environment. He also has considerable experience with technical writing, copy and content and editing/proofreading projects.

Henderson's work has appeared in a long list of publications that includes Salon, AlterNet, The Raw Story, The L.A. Weekly, Truthdig, Skin Two, The National Memo, XBIZ, The Philadelphia Weekly, Democratic Underground, Mint Press News, The Pasadena Weekly and Sexual Health Magazine.

In addition to his focus on political and social topics, Henderson has contributed several thousand CD reviews to Allmusic.com and The All Music Guide series of reference books (including AMG's rock, blues, R&B, country, electronica and hip-hop guides). Henderson has also covered music for Creem, HITS, Black Radio Exclusive (BRE), The New York City Jazz Record, Jazziz, JazzTimes, CD Review, Players, Latin Style, Pulse, Music Connection, the R&B Report, Black Beat, Thrash Metal, Black Sounds and Cash Box. 

Henderson has written numerous liner notes, bios and press releases for many well known record companies, including Verve, Concord, MCA/Universal, Island, GNP Crescendo, Chesky, Delicious Vinyl, TSR,  Rhino, Funkytown Grooves, Priority, Del-Fi and Challenge. And he has interviewed a long list of major musicians in rock (Heart, Berlin, Martha Davis, Megadeth, Steven Van Zandt, Testament) and R&B (Philip Bailey, Barry White, Stephanie Mills, Bobby Brown) as well as jazz (Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, Tito Puente, Stanley Clarke, Frank Morgan, Sheila Jordan, Scott Hamilton).
 
 

For editing and proofreading projects, press releases, technical writing, copy or content: 

vixenatrixx@gmail.com

 

Follow on Twitter: @alexvhenderson

Recently Published:

Pro-Putin, Anti-Gay and QAnon: Meet Delaware’s Most Embarrassing Republican      March 2022

Christian Nationalists’ End Game May Not Be Abortion and Roe v. Wade       September 2021

Why ISIS and the Taliban Really Hate Each Other          August 2021

The Latest Ignorant MAGA Culture War Attack: Demonizing ‘the Childless Left’   August 2021

The Evolution of Elise Stefanik: The More Powerful She Becomes, the Worse She Becomes           August 2021

'Trump in Heels': Meet Virginia's Far-right Gubernatorial Candidate Who Praised Capitol Rioters as 'Patriots'         March 2021

The 21st Century Has Been Insanely Turbulent — and the Storm Is Only Going to Continue      March 2021

Far-right White Evangelicals Will Miss Trump Dearly — Even Though He Knows Next to Nothing About the Bible  December 2020

Democrats Have a Florida Problem — But It Isn’t Insurmountable  December 2020

Encore: Karen Borca       

December 2020

Survivor of the Jonestown Massacre Compares Trump to Jim Jones: 'The Rhetoric is So Similar'        

November 2020

Interview: Joe Farnsworth        

November 2020

Blue Wave or Not, Expect to See a Lot of Mitch McConnell in 2021        

October 2020

Lest We Forget: Kenny Kirkland  

October 2020

How Moral Majority Founder Jerry Falwell, Sr. Helped Pave the Way for Trumpism and the White Nationalist Horrors of the Trump Era       

September 2020

Here’s Why Trump’s Disdain for Military Heroes Is Totally Consistent With His View of the World          

September 2020

Medical Experts Slam Joni Ernst for Echoing QAnon Conspiracy Theory That COVID-19 Death Count is Exaggerated: ‘Truly Unconscionable’   

September 2020

New Swing State Polls Show a Strong Path for Biden — But Also Highlight His Most Worrying Areas   September 2020

Far-right Trump Supporters in Ohio Want to Impeach GOP Gov. DeWine for Trying to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus       

August 2020

Donald Trump Has a Long History of Questioning the Citizenship of Non-white Politicians      

August 2020

How a QAnon Conspiracy Theorist Won a Georgia GOP Congressional Primary Battle with the Help of Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan

August 2020

Trump Makes an Overtly Racist Appeal to White Suburban Voters But Doesn't Understand Modern  Suburbia

August 2020

Here Are 4 Reasons Why Richard Nixon Would Be Way Too Liberal For the Crazy GOP and Trump Supporters of 2020                August 2020

'From Hell, Jim Jones Rejoices’: Famous Anti-Cult Attorney Explains What Trump Has in Common With Notorious People’s Temple Leader         August 2020

Senate Hopeful Kris Kobach — Bankrolled by Billionaire Peter Thiel — Says Coronavirus Numbers are ‘Being Cooked’ to Hurt Trump    July 2020

Trump’s Suburban Outreach Is Simply Naked Racism — Right Out of the Nixon and Wallace Playbook         July 2020

Jeff Sessions Fights for His Political Survival in Alabama GOP Primary           July 2020

Here Are 4 Red States Where Joe Biden Is Shockingly Competitive With Trump      

July 2020

5 of the Most Stunning Revelations from Mary Trump’s New Tell-All Book   July 2020

Clarence Thomas Claims Roe v. Wade Doesn’t Have a ‘Shred’ of Constitutional Support           July 2020

Here Are 10 of Trump's Most Embarrassing Gaffes            June 2020

Here Are 5 Key Facts About Antifa That Trump and Right-Wing Media Are Painfully Unaware Of         June 2020

Here Are 5 of the Most Appalling Moments in the Steve King Hall of Shame         June 2020

Here Are 7 of the Many Former Administration Officials Trump Has Trashed        June 2020

Here Are 5 Hip-Hop Classics That Are Totally Relevant to the George Floyd Protests of 2020               June 2020

Here Are 6 Key Moments from the Coronavirus Whistleblower's Bombshell Testimony         May 2020

Trump Complains That Female CBS Journalists Aren't More Like a 1950s Housewife: 'It Wasn't Donna Reed'                May 2020

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Shows That Christian White Nationalism Is a Much Greater Threat to the U.S. Than Radical Islam      April 2020