The poor: America’s piggy bank
How government and corporations use underhanded strategies to extract money from the poverty-stricken
Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:31 PM UTC 51Life Poverty
Barbara Ehrenreich
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What “other America”?
As more and more Americans slip out of the middle class, it's time to realize: There is no "culture of poverty"
Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 3:50 PM UTC 61Politics Poverty, Great Recession
How the 99 percent was born
The Great Recession destroyed the right's myth of a "liberal elite," and forced the middle class to band together
Thursday, Dec 15, 2011 5:44 PM UTC 12News Occupy Wall Street
Homelessness becomes an OWS issue
Protesters are discovering just how difficult the government makes life for its most downtrodden citizens
Monday, Oct 24, 2011 1:54 PM UTC 101News Occupy Wall Street
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The poor aren't just struggling during the recession; they're being actively hounded by urban officials
Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011 4:10 PM UTC 151Politics Great Recession, War Room
Will drones change how we see war?
As machines take the place of humans on the battlefield, our relationship to combat is shifting
Monday, Jul 11, 2011 4:01 PM UTC 21Politics U.S. Military, Pentagon, War Room
Slap on a pink ribbon, call it a day
That little loop seems to have replaced real feminism, which is why women's health priorities are so screwed up
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Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 7:06 AM UTC 165Life Feminism
Chasing Monica
The House managers got their wish -- a chance to probe, examine and even "de-brief" the luscious Lewinsky.
Friday, Jan 29, 1999 5:01 PM UTCNews Bill Clinton
Communism on your coffee table!
Barbara Ehrenreich on how all-conquering capitalism has turned Karl Marx's "Communist Manifesto" into a glossy adornment that goes with most decorating schemes.
Thursday, Apr 30, 1998 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Soviet Union, Russia, Books
Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of a number of books including "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" and "Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America."
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