Barbara Ehrenreich
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It’s Time for T.S.A. Workers to Strike
The shutdown is painful, but it is also an opportunity for labor to take a stand.
Divisions of Labor: The New Struggles of the Working Class
New kinds of work require new ideas — and new ways of organizing.
Tip Till It Hurts—Just Don’t Feel Smug About It
The tipping initiative by Maria Shriver sidesteps Marriott’s responsibility to pay its housekeepers a living wage.
American Poverty, 50 Years Later
Poverty is not, after all, a cultural aberration or a character flaw. Poverty is a shortage of money.
Making Sense of Poverty Numbers
The recent Census data on poverty in America hide as much as they reveal.
Battered by the Storm: How the Safety Net Is Failing Americans and How to Fix It
The economic crisis is still on the rise for millions of Americans, while at the same time the social safety net is failing to support many of them.
Why Welfare Reform Fails its Recession Test
Our ‘social safety net’ isn’t holding up at a time when we need it most.
The Recession’s Racial Divide
African Americans are taking on the brunt of the recession with disproportionately high rates of unemployment and foreclosure.
The Destruction of the Black Middle Class
Left out of the commentary on race and class over the Gates affair has been talk of the increasing impoverishment — or, we should say, re-impoverishment — of African Americans as a group.
Corporate America, Ground Your Jets
The American taxpayer, reeling from the economic meltdown, doesn’t feel like subsidizing lavish jets and bonuses any more.
Arts Stimulus Plan
Here’s a detailed call for the stimulus plan to include a program that will support artists and writers.
A New Inequality in America
Listen to the story from RadioNation with Laura Flanders
This Land Is Their Land
In the era of the superrich, if a place is truly beautiful, ordinary people can’t afford to be there.