Deirdre English (born 1948) is the former editor of '' Mother Jones'' and author of numerous articles for national publications and television documentaries. She has taught at the

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and currently teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the

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, where she is a faculty mentor at the Center for the Study of the Working Family at the Graduate School of Sociology. English is co-author, with

Barbara Ehrenreich Barbara Ehrenreich (, ; ; August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022) was an American author and political activist. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America. She was a widely read and awa ...

, of ''For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice'' along with a number of pamphlets. She contributed essays to Susan Meiselas's photography book ''Carnival Strippers''. In 1991, her house burned down in the Oakland Hills Fire. Her mother is Fanita English. She was married to Don Terner, who died in a 1996 plane crash in Croatia.

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Articles for ''The Nation''
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