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Rural Americans Struggle With Access to Fresh Food

By Ryan Schuessler Roger Chilen remembers what Brewster was like before the town largely became a collection of vacant storefronts and crumbling houses. There were businesses and families and crowded town barbecues in front of the bar. For residents, it was … Continue reading

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Raising kids on McDonald’s wages: ‘Some days I’ve been up for 48 hours’

Latoya Jemes was working the drive-thru line at a McDonald’s in downtown Memphis one night when a man leaned out of his car window and asked if she’d be interested in taking part in a strike. Jemes hadn’t heard about the … Continue reading

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For Restaurant Workers, A Struggle To Put Food On The Table

By Jennifer Ludden Losia Nyankale, 29, didn’t mean to make a career in the restaurant business. But after two years of college, her schoolteacher mom lost her job and could no longer pay tuition. Then, Nyankale’s temp jobs in bookkeeping dried … Continue reading

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Socioeconomic Stress Leaves Lasting Scars

By Kim Hall and Jan Diehm For many Americans, stress isn’t juggling family and an outsize job, or looking for meaning in work and relationships. The stress of poverty can have devastating effects on wellbeing — and when it occurs … Continue reading

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