This Land is My Land This Land is My Land
The super-rich are taking over all the beautiful places in America. What's left for you and me?
Jul 2, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Who Is Hillary Clinton? Who Is Hillary Clinton?
A closer look at Hillary Clinton's career reveals a technocratic centrist whose political ambition might trump any progressive policy promises.
Jun 26, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
The Trouble With the Super-Rich The Trouble With the Super-Rich
A bloated overclass can drag down a society as surely as a swelling underclass.
Jun 12, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
What America Owes its ‘Illegals’ What America Owes its ‘Illegals’
The punitive rage directed at illegal immigrants grows out of a larger blindness to the manual labor that makes our lives possible.
Jun 12, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
CEOs vs. Slaves CEOs vs. Slaves
New chasms are opening in the unequal terrain of American society: To the ranks of exploited domestics and factory workers, consider the emerging proletariat of adjunct faculty and...
May 29, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
Better to Be a Chimpanzee Better to Be a Chimpanzee
To qualify for charity, a homeless Austrian chimp has petitioned the courts to be granted human status. If he wins, expect a surge of humans going over to the other side.
May 8, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
The Higher Education Scam The Higher Education Scam
Marilee Jones excelled as admissions dean at MIT, until she was fired for falsifying her resume. But what good is a college degree, anyway?
Apr 30, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
This Space for Sale This Space for Sale
The Philadelphia Inquirer is planning to run an editorial column sponsored by Citizens Bank. What's next--the Phillip Morris column on health issues?
Apr 26, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
Our Broken Mental Health System Our Broken Mental Health System
Although the mental health industry eagerly gives A.D.D. diagnoses to little boys who can't sit still, Cho Seung-Hui's illness was ignored.
Apr 20, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
Nappy-headed Hos of the World Unite! Nappy-headed Hos of the World Unite!
What aroused Imus's twisted admiration and antagonism was the reality of strong, determined, aggressive women.
Apr 13, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich