|
|
Article: Class warrior: Barbara Ehrenreich's singular crusade.
- Article from:
- Columbia Journalism Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
On July 9, the Raleigh News & Observer printed a full-page advertisement representing the views of a coalition of conservative students and state legislators. The ad--billed as an "open letter" to state residents--lashed top officials of the University of North Carolina, who preside over a summer reading program for incoming freshmen. UNC-CHAPEL HILL DOES IT AGAIN, the ad proclaimed. INCOMING UNC CHAPEL HILL FRESHMEN 'EXPECTED' TO READ BOOK BY RADICA SOCIALIST. The "radical socialist" was the writer Barbara Ehrenreich, and the book-"a classic Marxist rant" that "mounts an all-out assault on Christians, conservatives and capitalism," according to the ad--was Nickel and ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: NONFICTION; Stuck in the middle; "Nickel and Dimed" journalist ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
September 25, 2005 ;
700+ words
... ... as a muckraking journalist, Barbara Ehrenreich finally broke through to a wide readership ... wage worker in the United States. Ehrenreich did everything from wait tables at ... least in some parts of this country. Ehrenreich simply could not make ends meet. This ...
|
|