Holly Sklar

Holly Sklar is an author and syndicated columnist for Z Magazine, a policy analyst, and strategist whose articles have appeared in hundreds of newspapers and online outlets including The Nation, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and USA Today.

Biography

Sklar is the founder and CEO of, "a national network of business owners and executives who believe a fair minimum wage makes good business sense." She also serves on the board of directors of the American Sustainable Business Council.
From 1975 to 1976, Sklar lived and worked in an agricultural region of Bolivia. In 1978 she accepted an invitation to join the steering committee of the national conference taking place October that year, Women and Global Corporations: Work, Roles, and Resistance.
On October 13, 2000, Sklar spoke at the New Jersey Project's fall conference entitled Now You See It, Now You Don't: Class in America at Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey.
Sklar earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College and her Master of Arts degree from Columbia University.

Writing

Sklar read several drafts of Right-wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort by Chip Berlet and Matthew N. Lyons in preparation for publishing.

Works

Books

Boston: South End Press... Washington's War on Nicaragua. Boston: South End Press..
Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood, with Peter Medoff. Boston: South End Press..
Chaos Or Community?: Seeking Solutions, Not Scapegoats for Bad Economics. Boston: South End Press..
Shifting Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap. Boston: United for a Fair Economy..
Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies that Work for All of Us, with Laryssa Mykyta & Susan Wefald. Boston: South End Press..
with Rev. Paul H. Sherry. Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee and the National Council of Churches USA..

Articles

"Responses to Michael Massing: The U.S. Left and Nicaragua." The Nation, p. 460.
"Reading Nicaragua." The Nation, pp. 185-192.
"Out of Africa." The Nation, p. 87.In These Times, The Nation, vol. 248, no. 4, pp. 113–114.
"The N.E.D.'s Ex-Nazi Adviser: Harbinger of Democracy?". The Nation, pp. 450-457.
. CovertAction Information Bulletin, no. 39, pp. 10–13. Earth Island Journal, vol. 11, no. 4, p. 39.The Nation.Z Magazine.

Book contributions

"Trilateralism: Managing Dependence and Democracy." In: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, pp. 1–58...
In: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, ..
"The Commission's Purpose, Structure, and Programs: In Its Own Words." In: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, pp. 83–89...
"Who's Who on the Trilateral Commission." In: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, pp. 90–122...
"Trilateralism and the Management of Contradictions." In: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, pp. 555–586...
"Increasing the Minimum Wage Can Help the Working Poor." In: Poverty: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by Karen Balkin. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, pp. 126–129..
In: Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study, by Paula Rothenberg. New York: Worth Publishers, pp. 284–289.
"Raising Minimum Wage Does Not Increase Unemployment." In: Unemployment, edited by David M. Haugen and Megan Susser. Detroit, Mich.: Greenhaven Press, pp. 60–66..

Pamphlets

Poverty in the American Dream: Women & Children First. INC Pamphlet, no. 1. New York: Institute for New Communications...Plant Closures: Myths, Realities, and Responses, no. 3. Boston: South End Press...Reagan, Trilateralism, and the Neoliberals: Containment and Intervention in the 1980s, no. 4. Boston: South End Press...

, with Scott Klinger. Boston: United for a Fair Economy.

Posters

Boston: South End Press..

Reports

Jobs, Income, and Work: Ruinous Trends, Urgent Alternatives. Community Relations Division..