Dinesh D’Souza has a distinguished career as a writer, scholar, and public intellectual. A former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, D’Souza also served as John M. Olin Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He has also become a renowned filmmaker with his top-grossing documentaries including Vindicating Trump (2024), Death of A Nation (2018), Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016), America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014), and 2016: Obama’s America (2012).
His first book, Illiberal Education (1991), publicized the phenomenon of political correctness in America’s colleges and universities and became a New York Times bestseller for 15 weeks. It has been listed as one of the most influential books of the 1990s.
In 1995, D’Souza published The End of Racism which became one of the most controversial books of the time and another national bestseller. Several others followed including Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader, The Virtue of Prosperity, and What’s So Great About America.
One of D’Souza’s favorite venues for debates and speeches has been college campuses. During the past 20 years, he has appeared at hundreds of colleges and universities, and has spoken with hundreds of thousands of students in these live settings.
D’Souza’s articles have appeared in virtually every major magazine and newspaper, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, New Republic, and National Review. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including The Today Show, Nightline, The News Hour, The O’Reilly Factor, Moneyline, and Hannity.
D'Souza also hosts a daily podcast in audio and video, the Dinesh D'Souza Podcast, which is seen and heard by around 100,000 people daily.