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Health Care Reform: A History In Books

The New York Review of Books | Posted 12.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Nyr, Bill Clinton, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Ehrenreich, Health Care, Healthcare, Books News

Amy Hertz, The Huffington Post: Health care reform, on everybody's mind as Obama's original plan gets watered down and twisted unrecognizably as it ma...

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What's Wrong With Positive Thinking? Simple Strategies To Manage Your Thoughts

Tamar Chansky | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Pollan, Positive Thinking, Bright-Sided, Psychology, Happiness Tips, Barbara Ehrenreich, Positive Psychology, Anxiety, Negative Thinking, Joy, Happiness, Living News
Tamar Chansky

Positive Thinking could be considered the high fructose corn syrup of the thinking world--when forced. It's not necessary, and research has found that it's not good for us when we have to sell ourselves on it.

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The Power of Positive Negative Thinking

Tom Alderman | Posted 12.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Existentialism, Pessimism, Optimism, Pessimism: Philosophy Ethic Spirit, Power of Positive Thinking, Barbara Ehrenreich Bright-Sided, Books, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joshua Foa Dienstag, Bright-Sided, Dienstag, Books News
Tom Alderman

There are thoughtful folks among us like Joshua Foa Dienstag who says we should embrace, or at least, form an acquaintance with the alternative to positive thinking -- PESSIMISM!

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Literary Events In Your Neighborhood

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.30.2009 | Books

Read More: Local Events, Book Signings, Literary Events, Books, Author Events, Book Events, Author Readings, Authors, Paul Auster, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Sedaris, Jonathan Safran Foer, Books News

There are so many fantastic book-related events happening every day in many cities, from book signings to author readings to poetry competitions and m...

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The 10 Best Books of 2009

Anis Shivani | Posted 11.30.2009 | Books

Read More: Daniyal Mueenuddin, East Bay Grease, Philip K. Dick, The Fire Gospel, Paul Starobin, Christopher Miller, Syrian Immigrants, Chloe Aridjis, Michael Faber, Home Boy, In Other Rooms Other Wonders, Dave Eggers, The Naked Eye, Azhar Abidi, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, Brownsville: Stories, Torsten Krol, A Good Fall: Stories, Cardboard Universe: A Guide to the World of Phoebus K. Dank, Steve Hely, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression, Melissa Kwasny, Zeitoun, Book of Clouds, Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk Museum of Innocence, Yoko Tawada, Kamila Shamsie, Oscar Casares, The Thing Around Your Neck, Joyce Carol Oates, Ha Jin, H. M. Naqvi, Chris Hedges, Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever, Carolyn Chute, A Free Life, Barbara Ehrenreich, Walter Kirn, Eric Miles Williamson, After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age, Ali Sethi, Franz Wright, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, Amigoland, Callisto, Books News
Anis Shivani

Anis Shivani picks his top 10 books for 2009.

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Boomer Women: Beliefs In Transition

Carol Orsborn | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Positive Thinking, Barbara Ehrenreich, Baby-Boomers, Baby Boomer Women, The Secret, Women's Rights, Happiness, Living News
Carol Orsborn

Results of a recent survey by VibrantNation.com reveals that Boomer women's coping strategies and belief systems are reaching new levels of effectiveness in the face of heightened challenge and change.

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The Fear Of Magical Thinking

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: New Age, Cancer, Lovin' Spoonful, Meditation, Beethoven, Barbara Ehrenreich, Steinway, The Inner Life, Living News
Michael Sigman

When Ehrenreich observes, "It's a mistake to try to turn your anger and resentment and sadness or grief into something else," I'm with her all the way.

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Bright-Sided: Smart Analysis Or Missing Something?

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books

Read More: Positive Thinking, Bright-Sided, Positivity, Books, Nora Ephron, The Secret, Power of Positive Thinking, Optimism, Book Reviews, New Books, Bright-Sided Book Review, Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed, Poll, Bestsellers, Books News

Barbara Ehrenreich's new book, Bright-Sided, has been the source of a great book review debate recently. Following eye-opening accounts such as Nickel...

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Positively Stinking Thinking

Jim Selman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Denial, Newsweek, Obsession, Serene Ambition, Creative Thinking, Positive Thinking, The Secret, Julia Baird, Reality, Jim Selman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Truth, Happiness, Living News
Jim Selman

Positive thinking tends to tranquilize us into a 'good feeling' about the future and blinds us to the facts of a given situation. We think our points-of-view are true -- that our 'will' can determine what happens.

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Barbara Ehrenreich Does It Again

Jan Herman | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Racism, Barack Obama Race, Barbara Ehrenreich, Post-Racial, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jan Herman

Just as she did last month, she has published the best op-ed read of the day.

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Living in a Police State Is Okay

Jan Herman | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Barbara Ehrenreich, Politics News
Jan Herman

The reason I haven't been arrested is not because I'm white -- it's because I'm not poor. If I were, living in my police state would not be okay.

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The Nanny Diaries: A Caribbean Version

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Housekeepers, Caribbean Nannies, Caribbean Women, Gloria Steinem, Caribbean Caretakers, Domestic Workers United, Exit Cuckoo, Barbara Ehrenreich, Caribbean Domestic Workers, Latina Nannies, Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, Lisa Ramirez, Hector Figueroa, Kevin Powell, Gov. David Paterson, New York Labor Relations Act, Nannies, Domestic Workers, African Nannies, Jonathan Tescini, Rules-for-Nannies, Women's Rights, Governor David Paterson, Domestic-Workers-United, Living News
Arlene M. Roberts

There are more than 200,000 women in New York working as nannies, companions and housekeepers, whose lives are typified by long hours, meagre wages, drudgery, and worse.

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Are IKEA, Outlet Malls, Wal-Mart, and Whole Foods Really Bargains?

Anis Shivani | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Citizenship, Vance Packard, Christopher Lasch, Whole Foods, Cheap, Chinese Factories, Outlet Malls, Wages, Craftsmanship, Cheap Eats, Globalization, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Reisman, Ellen Ruppel Shell, Wal-Mart, Shrimp Farming, Slow Food, Labor, Consumerism, Ikea, Michael Pollan, Betty Friedan, Local Food, Chinese Exports, Marketing, Sustainability, Deforestation, Pricing, Eric Schlosser, Red Lobster, Food, Green News
Anis Shivani

American consumers are being taken for a ride.

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Third Screen: Entertainment vs. Recession Porn

Vickie Karp | Posted 07.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, David Lynch, The Economy, Poverty, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rich and Poor, The New York Times, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

Who is rich and powerful? Who is poor and weak? Artists and journalists always write about these things, but how they do so is telling. During th...

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Real Progress on Homelessness

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wal-Mart, Bronx, Homelessness, Brooklyn, New York City, The New Yorker, Homeless, Million Dollar Murray, Malcolm Gladwell, Queens, Will Smith, Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed, New York/New York, Politics News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

We can end chronic homelessness, but only if we abandon ineffective and entrenched practices.

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About EFCA (But Were Afraid To Ask)

ZP Heller | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Obama Transition, Barbara Ehrenreich, Employee Free Choice Act, Barack Obama, Howie Klein, Seiu, Michael Whitney, Jim Boehner, Labor Rights, Lee Scott, Employee Rights, Bernie Marcus, Unions, Labor Unions, Wal-Mart, Business News
ZP Heller

We're so close to passing the Employee Free Choice Act that we must dispel the last-minute attempts by anti-labor politicians to quash our efforts of standing up for working people.

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Obama, Bill Clinton and the Media "Center"

Norman Solomon | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Lloyd Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Economics, Stab in the Back, Pundits, Lani Guinier, News Media, Lurch to the Left, Barbara Ehrenreich, Mickey Kantor, Nafta, Doug Henwood, Journalism, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Populist, Gays in the Military, Ron Brown, The Center, Media News
Norman Solomon

The fog of memory and the spin of media are teaming up to explain that Obama must hew to "the center" if he knows what's good for his presidency.

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Report from the Socialist International Conspiracy

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Phil Gramm, Henry Paulson, John McCain, Capitalism, Barbara Ehrenreich, Socialist International Conspiracy, Socialists, Politics News
Barbara Ehrenreich

The truth is that we, the Socialist International Conspiracy, not only saw the crash of the stock market coming, we are the ones who made it happen.

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The Communist Manifesto Hits 160

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Capitalism, Barbara Ehrenreich, Immiseration, Economic Crisis, Communist Manifesto, Marx, Wall Street Crisis, Politics News
Barbara Ehrenreich

This year marks the 160th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto and capitalism, aka "free enterprise," seems willing to observe the occasion by dropping dead.

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Pastors Go Postal

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 09.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Sharon Brown, Robert Schuller, Barbara Ehrenreich, Victoria Osteen, Televangelists, Evangelical Christians, Christianity, Lakewood Church Osteen, Joel Osteen's Wife, Joel Osteen, Evangelicals, Living News
Barbara Ehrenreich

After Joel and Victoria Osteen's latest incident, there's a possible message from on high: that their brand of Christianity fosters a distinctly un-Christian narcissism.

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The Suicide Solution

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Carlene Balderrama, Barbara Ehrenreich, Housing Bill, Politics News
Barbara Ehrenreich

Suicide is becoming an increasingly popular response to debt. If you can't pay your debts and if, in addition you're no longer needed at the workplace, then there's no further point to your existence.

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Edwards Poverty Campaign Met With Media Blackout

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Barbara Ehrenreich Nickle and Dimed, Podesta Center for American Progress, Edwards, Martin Luther King Poverty, Martin Luther King, The Wire Poverty, Johnson Poverty, Half in Ten, Pew Center Poverty, The Wire, Edwards Half in Ten, Obama, Edwards Poverty, Barbara Ehrenreich, Johnson, War on Poverty, Edwards Miniumum Wage, Unired Auto Workers, Edwards Obama, President Johnson Poverty, Poverty Media, Edwards Poverty Czar, Edwards ACORN, Edwards Maud Hurd, Edwards Podesta, John Edwards, John Podesta, Hurd ACORN, Home News
Peter Dreier

The Edwards endorsement of Obama made all the news. The Edwards plan to battle soaring levels of poverty in this country, Half in Ten, has made almost no news at all.

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Clinton and Obama Silence On Winter Soldier Divides Progressives

Christine Escobar | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Christopher Hayes, The Nation, Election 2008, Progressive Democrats of America, Barack Obama, Momocrats, Hillary Clinton, Anti-War, The Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq, John Kerry, Obama Centrism, Progressive Values, Darcy Burner Iraq, John Kerry Iraq War, Clinton Iraq War Policy, Samantha Power Obama, Christopher Hayes the Nation, Common Dreams, End Iraq War, Progressives for Obama, Clinton Winter Soldier, Barbara Ehrenreich Endorsement Obama, Samantha Power Iraq War, Democrats Policy Iraq War, Progressive Endorsements Obama, Danny Glover, John Kerry War Iraq, John Kerry Endorsement Obama, Progressive Movement, Barbara Ehrenreich, End Iraq War Obama, Hillary Clinton Iraq War Policy, Samantha Power, Barack Obama Iraq War Policy, Endorsements End Iraq War, Clinton Centrism, John Kerry Iraq Obama, Tom Hayden, Danny Glover Endorsement Obama, End Iraq War Clinton, Tom Hayden Endorsement Obama, Stephen Zunes, Obama Winter Soldier, Obama Iraq War Policy, Bill Fletcher Endorsement Obama, Bill Fletcher, Home News
Christine Escobar

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have yet to acknowledge the Iraq withdrawal plan crafted by members of their own party, and it appears there is little pressure from the press to question them on it.

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