Barbara Ehrenreich

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Bio

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of thirteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Nickel and Dimed. A frequent contributor to the New York Times, Harpers, and the Progressive, she is a contributing writer to Time magazine. She is also a grandmother. All posts on this blog have been reposted with her permission or written exclusively for it.

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Posts by Barbara Ehrenreich:

• Bonfire of the Princesses
  12 Dec 2007
  

  Contrary to the rumors I have been trying to spread for some time, Disney Princess products are not contaminated with lead. More careful analysis shows that the entire product line – books, DVD’s, ball gowns, necklaces, toy cell phones, toothbrush holders, t-shirts, lunch boxes, backpacks, wallpaper, sheets, stickers, etc. – is saturated with a particularly [...]

• Gap Kids: New Frontiers in Child Abuse
  29 Nov 2007
  

  Barbara Ehrenreich comments on the scandal at Gap Kids, who was caught using forced child labor in an Indian sweatshop.