at first, juan, i'm wondering if you can talk about how you knew barbara ehrenreich, as someone you workedg with other members of the young lords, which you helped found in the early 1970's here in new york? juan: yes, actually met barbara in 1969. she had just come out of graduate school from her phd and had joined a group that really became a sinal group in the radical critique of the american health care system. it was called the health packed, health policy advisory council. she joined it fresh out of graduate school and joined an extraordinary group of radical and revolutionary doctors and nurses that had gathered in new york city at the time, people like ali and charlotte fein. health pact became the nerve center for the providing information to oppressed communities about the health care system. of course she and her former husband john ehrenreich wrote the book "the american health empire: power, profits, and politics." accredited with shaping this analysis of the health industrial complex of united states and extraordinary focus on profit in the market health care system. she was

amy: that is barbara ehrenreich in 2006. she worked at walmart. waitress and had other jobs. she later founded the economic hardship reporting project, which is still going strong. four -- for more, we are joined by its executive director alissa quart. welcome to democracy now! first off, our deepest condolences to you and ben, robe son, for the loss othis remarkable woman. >> thank you so much, amy. it has been really devastating. we loved her very much. we hope to continue her fight. amy: talk about what the economic hardship reporting project is. talk about what it means to report on poverty and what is lacking in the corporate media. >> barbara once wrote in america only the rich canfford to write about poverty. that meant you had cumnists and pundits pop enough columns about so-called deadbeat dads with second homes. she wanted to see people who had themselves grown up workg poor or were still working in factories and were professional journalists as well. and also she wanted to keep professional journalists spent weeks, months, years reporti

barbara ehrenreich was 81 years old. still to come, dr. fauci he discusses new booster shots that target covid subvariants. extreme heat in china threatens a major water source. how nasa's latest mission is setting the stage to send astronauts back to the moon. and much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: americans 12 and older should be able to start getting updated booster shots for covid within days. approval this week came for new boosters from pfizer and moderna. they will hopefully provide more protection against the latest variant this coming winter. the latest questions around this , i am joined by dr. anthony fauci. he is the president's chief medical advisor. welcome back. with the news that these new boosters will be available, there is understanding and confusion about who should get them and when. is there a simple rule of thumb that people should follow? >> if you look at the eligible, who is essential

the author barbara ehrenreich contributed forward for made. finalist. portland is part of their's memoir, poor social analysis, and port cultural commentary. i want to welcome you both, thanks for being on the show. stephanie, welcome back, good to see you. i'm fascinated, obviously i'm fascinated by bob's work and both of your works because they tell the story that so many millions of americans live, and yet isn't well covered. on the other hand, i'm surprised that it is a challenge ribbon book. people, stephanie, don't want to hear this stuff about poverty and how difficult it is. it runs counter to a narrative that we have in america that everybody can fix their situation and get out of poverty easily. >> it does. thank you for having me on. it is good to see you in person. i was honestly surprised that it was a band book too. i didn't realize that, i wondered if mine was. i think that people don't like to hear about how people use our government systems and our safety net programs to make ends meet. in a lot of people's minds, those are su

barbara ehrenreich was 81 years old. still to come on "the newshour"... dr.auci discusses newly approved booster shots that target covid subvariants... extreme heat in china threatens a major water source... how nasa's latest mission is setting the stage to send astronauts back to the moon... and much more. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: americans 12 and older should be able to start getting updated booster shots for covid within days. that's after the cdc and the fda gave approval this week to new boosters from pfizer and moderna that will hopefully provide more protection against the latest variants this coming winter. for the latest questions around this, and more, i'm joined again by dr. anthony fauci, the president's chief medical adviser and the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. welcome back. with the news that these new boosters will be available, there is understandable confusion about wh

barbara ehrenreich was 80 years old. that's tonight's last word.iscussing the drinking water crisis in mississippi right now. but also the water situation in louisiana where tonight thousands are being advised to boil their water in america in 2022. boil your water before you drink! it will see you tomorrow morning, the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle begins right now! tonight, new details about what the fbi seized from the former president speech home. folders marked classified found empty. and bill barr's critical response to trump's handling of the documents, and what barr says is a red herring response. then the political showdown in the keystone state competing events this weekend by the current and the former president. after president biden's dire warnings for democracy last night. plus the ongoing water crisis in jackson mississippi. th

on the agenda, barbara ehrenreich seminal novel, now getting by in america.ay, september 17th. it's 9 am in the east, 6 am in the west. i'm ali velshi, and for the better part of nearly two years, a lot faction of the republican party has continued to spread debunked lies about election fraud and false narratives about the january six insurrection. the justice department been quietly coordinating to be a massive and a testifying investigation of the coup, details of which have begun trickling out in recent months. this, month the justice department of former and current trump associates raining from low-level to high-ranking members of the trump administration. they are seeking a vast trove of information, including communications among more than 100 people suggesting that the doj is probing a complex web of criminal activity involving a multitude of people, from trump's orbit involves the fake elector scheme that deny joe biden's victory in half a dozen states. it involves the organization of the january 6th rally that preceded the attack on the capitol. sub

remember the late barbara aaron reich and her seminal work, nickel and dime, about the trap of working poverty in america. i'll be joined by two incredible leaders who knew ehrenreich in this country. joining us later in the show, sarah smersh, and new york times bestselling author, who is descended from generations of kansas wheat farmers on one side, and teen mothers on the other, and stephanie lam, the author of the memo are turned emmy not mandated series, made. velshi starts now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning to you. it's a saturday, september 17th. i'm ali velshi. the midterm is less than two months away. the first national elections since a violent mob attacked the capital in and effort