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Home Health Workers Are an Invisible Force in the ‘Fight for $15’ Movement
By Nigel Roberts Labor forces are planning the largest rally in decades—their latest effort in an uprising against low wages. On April 15 these workers will join their voices to demand a $15-per-hour living wage from rich industries that they … Continue reading
Why We Must Fight for 15 and a Union
By Angel Rivera My name is Angel Rivera. Like the Fight for 15 workers who are protesting across the country today, I know what it’s like to work hard, but be unable to get by because of poverty wages and … Continue reading
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Tagged business, employment, income inequality, jobs, life, minimum wage, minimum wage increase, money, United States, Working poor
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Working, but Needing Public Assistance Anyway
Patricia Cohen A home health care worker in Durham, N.C.; a McDonald’s cashier in Chicago; a bank teller in New York; an adjunct professor in Mayfield, Ill. They are all evidence of an improving economy, because they are working and … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, employment, health, income inequality, Medicaid, public assistance, Snap, United States, Working poor
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The New Face Of Food Stamps: Working-Age Americans
By Hope Yen In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps — a switch from a few years ago, when children and the elderly were the main recipients. Some of … Continue reading
People Who Work For Tips Are Twice As Likely To Live In Poverty
By Bryce Covert People who work for tips are far more likely to live in poverty, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute EPI. The poverty rate for workers who don’t make tips is 6.5 percent, but … Continue reading
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20 Things the Poor Really Do Every Day
By Ben Irwin Dave Ramsey probably wasn’t expecting this much pushback when he shared a piece by Tim Corley contrasting the habits of the rich with those of the poor. In her response on CNN, Rachel Held Evans noted that … Continue reading
‘I May Die Broke. I May Get More Poor. I May Turn Around And Get Money Again. I Just Don’t Know.’
By Shadee Ashtari Carol Sarao, 57, was a successful musician for many years before the economy soured on the music business. For the past seven years, she’s worked a series of hourly jobs and now brings in $240 a week … Continue reading
Report: Half of U.S. Families Live on the Edge of ‘Economic Chaos’
By Imara Jones Half of all families in the United States are poor, near poor or face economic insecurity where “one major setback in income could push them into poverty.” That’s the shocking conclusion of a report released today by … Continue reading
50 years after the March on Washington, what would MLK march for today?
By Peter Dreier What would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. march for if he were alive today? America has made progress on many fronts in the half-century since King electrified a crowd of 200,000 people, and millions of Americans … Continue reading
Fast-food workers uniting to strike on Aug. 29
By Jonathan Berr McDonald’s, Burger King , Wendy’s and their rivals can sell food inexpensively because they pay their workers low wages. That unpleasant economic reality will confront diners in eight cities later this month during a work stoppage organized by a … Continue reading
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