Eric Schlosser

Eric Schlosser is the author of the bestseller Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal and Reefer Madness.

Currently

  • America Needs a New New Deal

    September 27, 2008

    We should apply FDR's principles of relief, reform and reconstruction to our current financial crisis.

  • Slow Food for Thought

    September 3, 2008

    Affluent foodies embrace sustainable agriculture, oblivious that ordinary people--especially the poor--don't have a seat at the table.

  • The Bare Minimum

    March 20, 2008

    Today's relentless arguments against a higher minimum wage suggest that Roosevelt's battle is not yet won.

2006

  • Hog Hell

    August 27, 2006

    Low wages, segregation and dangerous working conditions in a North Carolina factory reveal a meatpacking industry where labor laws no longer matter.

  • One Thing to Do About Food: A Forum

    August 24, 2006

    How do we fix our dysfunctional relationship with food? Alice Waters leads a forum with Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle, Peter Singer and others, who suggest, for starters, that we stop buying factory farm products, get involved in farm policy and outlaw the marketing of junk food to kids.

2004

  • Tyson's Moral Anchor

    June 24, 2004

    One of America's finest union leaders and her supporters are now under assault by one of the nation's meanest, toughest corporations.

2002

  • Bad Meat

    August 29, 2002

    Anyone who eats meat should be deeply concerned about what US meatpacking companies now have the freedom to sell.

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Blogs

» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
48 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
56 Comments

» The Beat

House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda | Frank's Financial Services Committee becomes focal point for revolts by members who worry about powerful banks and unemployment.
John Nichols
29 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
204 Comments

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
59 Comments