AKA Rafael Angel Suárez, Jr.

Born: 5-Mar-1957
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY [1]

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian [2]
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Correspondent for Lehrer News Hour

Formerly an NPR reporter, host of Talk of the Nation 1993-9.

[2] St. Columbus Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.

Wife: (three children)

    High School: John Dewey High School, Brooklyn, NY (1974)
    University: BA African History, New York University
    University: MA Social Sciences, University of Chicago

    National Public Radio Talk of the Nation (1983-99)
    Eagle Scout 1975
    Puerto Rican Ancestry

    TELEVISION
    PBS NewsHour Senior Correspondent (1999-)
    CNN Los Angeles Correspondent

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Religulous (6-Sep-2008) · Himself

Author of books:
The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration, 1966-1999 (1999, nonfiction)
The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America (2006, nonfiction)

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