A recognized and original social commentator, author and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich has been a contributing writer for Time magazine since 1990. Her articles, reviews, essays, and humor have appeared in a range of national publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Ms., Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, The Nation, The New Republic, Social Policy, and Mirabella, as well as in newspapers throughout the world.
Ehrenreich received the Sydney Hillman Award for Journalism and a Brill's Content Honorable Mention (April 1999) for a chapter of her current book, Nickel and Dimed, which appeared in Harper's in January 1999. A second essay entitled "Maid to Order," which grew out of her research for this book, was also published in Harper's (April 2000), where it generated so many letters that the magazine had to create a special section to accommodate them. Both articles drew widespread media interest.
A consistently acclaimed author, Ehrenreich has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards. She shared the National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting in 1980 and has received honorary degrees from several colleges and universities. Widely known as a public speaker and a frequent radio and television talk show guest, Ehrenreich has lectured at hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia, and has appeared on several national television programs.