Picador is marking the tenth anniversary of Barbara Ehrenreich’s modern classic “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” in which she chronicled her attempts to make a life on minimum wage ...

Last month, the ABC reported “rental affordability has hit a new low in Australia”. Already, low-wage workers in major cities face the burden of commuting to jobs they can’t afford to live near. A ...

It was Labor Day in the U.S. yesterday, and if you noticed how many hourly wage employees spent it doing service work for people who were lucky enough to get the day off from their office jobs, you’re ...

In Nickel and Dimed, author Barbara Ehrenreich lives the life of a low-wage worker and explores how unsustainable poverty is, as well as how easy it can be for one to get stuck in a vicious cycle. In ...

Barbara Ehrenreich in an undated photo. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. “It would be nice if someone would read this sad-eyed crowd the Sermon on the Mount, accompanied by a rousing commentary on income ...

Tess Vigeland: Ten years ago, author Barbara Ehrenreich released a book called “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.” It was a stunning portrayal of this country’s working class. Seen ...

AMY GOODMAN: Standard & Poor’s announced Friday it’s downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time in history. The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, came just days after ...