Eric Schlosser

Eric Schlosser is the author of the bestseller Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal and Reefer Madness.

Currently

  • America Needs a New New Deal

    September 27, 2008

    We should apply FDR's principles of relief, reform and reconstruction to our current financial crisis.

  • Slow Food for Thought

    September 3, 2008

    Affluent foodies embrace sustainable agriculture, oblivious that ordinary people--especially the poor--don't have a seat at the table.

  • The Bare Minimum

    March 20, 2008

    Today's relentless arguments against a higher minimum wage suggest that Roosevelt's battle is not yet won.

2006

  • Hog Hell

    August 27, 2006

    Low wages, segregation and dangerous working conditions in a North Carolina factory reveal a meatpacking industry where labor laws no longer matter.

  • One Thing to Do About Food: A Forum

    August 24, 2006

    How do we fix our dysfunctional relationship with food? Alice Waters leads a forum with Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle, Peter Singer and others, who suggest, for starters, that we stop buying factory farm products, get involved in farm policy and outlaw the marketing of junk food to kids.

2004

  • Tyson's Moral Anchor

    June 24, 2004

    One of America's finest union leaders and her supporters are now under assault by one of the nation's meanest, toughest corporations.

2002

  • Bad Meat

    August 29, 2002

    Anyone who eats meat should be deeply concerned about what US meatpacking companies now have the freedom to sell.

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Blogs

» The Beat

Revolutionary Republic of July 4 Should Eschew Empire's Errors | Instead of interventions in Iran, Honduras, we must recall wisdom that said: "(America) goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy."
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» Editor's Cut

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» The Notion

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» Altercation

Mikey 'n' Me | I got closer to Michael Jackson than almost anyone, or at least closer than most people of the age of consent.
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» Capitolism

Washington: Even More Corrupt Than You Thought! | Washington Post sells access to lobbyists.
Christopher Hayes
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» The Dreyfuss Report

Whisky Tango Foxtrot? | General Jones tells the generals in Kabul: don't bother asking for more troops.
Robert Dreyfuss
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