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Was it only three years ago that some of our puffed up patriots were denouncing the French as ‘cheese-eating surrender monkeys,’too fattened…
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich (August 26th, 1941 - September 1st, 2022) was an American essayist, author and political activist. She was the author of innumerable articles and essays for various publications as well as the author of 21 books, including Nickel and Dimed (2001). She has been engaged in activism on the topics of health care, peace, women’s rights and economic justice. She founded United Professionals in 2006 and was an honorary co-chair for Democratic Socialists of America.
In the fifty years of the AFL-CIO’s existence, Big Labor has shrunk to a third of its former size, but it’s been…
A specter is stalking the Western world, and it looks a lot like Grandma. As President Bush has repeatedly put it, the…
Of all the loathsome spectacles we’ve endured since November 2–the vampire-like gloating of CNN commentator Robert Novak, Bush embracing his “mandate”–none are…
This is the second essay in our series on political vision. Those wanting to know more about the economic vision discussed here,…
When they first heard the Declaration of Independence in July of 1776, New Yorkers were so electrified that they toppled a statue…
Even those people we might have thought were impervious to shame, like the secretary of Defense, admit that the photos of abuse…
Here’s one way our President proposes to “support our troops”: According to his 2005 budget, the extra pay our soldiers receive for…
When I was in Scandinavia last spring promoting “Nickel and Dimed,” interviewers kept asking me to tell them about the “debate” my…
When I was in Scandinavia last spring promoting “Nickel and Dimed,” interviewers kept asking me to tell them about the “debate” my…