NEW YORK — Barbara Ehrenreich, the author, activist and self-described “myth buster” who in such notable works as “Nickel and Dimed” and “Bait and Switch” challenged conventional thinking about class, religion and the very idea of an American dream, has died at age 81. Ehrenreich died Thursday morning in Alexandria,
Barbara Ehrenreich, the author, journalist and political activist who penned the groundbreaking book on minimum wage "Nickel and Dimed," died Thursday at 81.