Barbara Ehrenreich

A License to Fight

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:44:19 +0000

Barbara Ehrenreich

By Barbara Ehrenreich
Journalists are not part of an elite, akin to movie stars, anchorpersons, and hedge fund managers. We are part of the working class.

Tiny Labor

Contributor — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 19:59:44 +0000

Barbara Ehrenreich

Tiny Labor

By Barbara Ehrenreich

From the August 2005 Issue

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 clinging to its outsized clothes and outmoded habits. While membership dwindles, the AFL-CIO has continued to act like a big shot—doling out tens of millions to the Democratic Party and occupying a palatial spread located within kiss-blowing distance of the White House.

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A Mystery of Misogyny

Contributor — Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara Ehrenreich

A Mystery of Misogyny

by Barbara Ehrenreich

A feminist can take some dim comfort from the fact that the Taliban's egregious misogyny is finally considered newsworthy. It certainly wasn't high on Washington's agenda in May, for example, when President Bush congratulated the ruling Taliban for banning opium production and handed them a check for $43 million--never mind that their regime accords women a status somewhat below that of livestock.

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Those Who Don't Get By

Contributor — Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0000

Barbara Ehrenreich

Those Who Don't Get By

by Barbara Ehrenreich
The view from the White House, not to mention much of Capitol Hill, is idyllic.

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