Preying on the Poor

By Barbara Ehrenreich May 17, 2012

The government spends a great deal of money on programs and services for the benefit of the poor. So why is it also, in tandem with corporations, robbing them blind?

Commentary Arts & Culture Economy

Rediscovering Poverty

By Barbara Ehrenreich March 15, 2012

How we cured the “culture of poverty” but not culture itself.

Commentary Class

The Fall of the “Liberal Elite”

By Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich December 15, 2011

The making of the American 99% and the collapse of the middle class.

Commentary Class

Homeless in America

By Barbara Ehrenreich October 24, 2011

Why homelessness is becoming an Occupy Wall Street issue.

Essay Conflict History

War Without Humans: Modern Blood Rites Revisited

By Barbara Ehrenreich July 11, 2011

War has been, and we still expect it to be, the most massive collective project human beings undertake. But it has been evolving quickly in a very different direction, one in which human beings have a much smaller role to play.