Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author, most recently, of Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.

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

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