Barbara Ehrenreich

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

Hillary’s Real MLK Problem Hillary’s Real MLK Problem

"Change" is this year's Democratic battle cry, but if you don't know how it happens, you're not likely to make it happen yourself.

Jan 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich

Recession–Who Cares? Recession–Who Cares?

Politicians and economists find it hard to admit that we have two economies--one for the rich and one for everyone else--and the latter has been in a recession, if not a depression...

Jan 9, 2008 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich

Bonfire of the Disney Princesses Bonfire of the Disney Princesses

Disney's idea of sex doesn't belong in the pre-K playroom. Parents, unite: make a holiday bonfire of all that plastic and tulle: let your girls be girls again.

Dec 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich

McMansions Meet the Mortgage Crisis McMansions Meet the Mortgage Crisis

Homeowners in gated communities now facing foreclosure are learning there's no fence high enough to keep out the repo man.

Dec 3, 2007 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich

Luxury Grub Luxury Grub

What's so great about designer chocolate if it's infested with cockroach droppings? As the economic widens, rich and poor still occupy the same food chain.

Nov 19, 2007 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich

Writers Strike, Silence Falls Writers Strike, Silence Falls

As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's no...

Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich

The Gap: New Frontiers in Child Abuse The Gap: New Frontiers in Child Abuse

The Gap has been caught selling garments made by child slaves in India. It's enough to make you vomit all over your new denim jacket.

Nov 2, 2007 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich

It’s Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week! It’s Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week!

David Horowitz serves up a witch's brew of Cheney-style anti-jihadism, mixed with anti-feminism and a sour dash of anti-Semitism.

Oct 22, 2007 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich

John Templeton’s Universe John Templeton’s Universe

The right-wing philanthropist is pushing the phony science of positive psychology to numb Americans into smiley-faced acquiescence to the status quo.

Oct 10, 2007 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich

Clinton and Obama: Running on Ambien Clinton and Obama: Running on Ambien

Can America survive the tedium of its black and female candidates?

Oct 1, 2007 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich

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