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What Living in a High-Poverty Neighborhood Taught Me About Protests

October 18, 2016

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

Photo credits to Dorret.  Originally published in TalkPoverty.  About 13 years ago, I lived in Charleston, South Carolina, where I was trying to make ends meet as a freelance writer. …

Out of Homelessness, A Mom Turns Advocate

April 27, 2016

By Fred McKissack Jr.

Originally published on Rooflines, a Shelterforce blog. Jenean F. and her husband worked hard to achieve the increasingly elusive American Dream. She was a stay at home mom and he…

A Worker’s Take On The New Overtime Proposal

July 6, 2015

By Wendi C. Thomas

Originally posted on Talk Poverty and The Nation. As a manager for a national auto supply chain, Lora McCrary puts in between 50 and 70 hours a week remodeling stores…

Putting good jobs at top of US policy agenda

April 27, 2015

By Allie Carter

This post originally appeared here.  Even though she’s worked at the Checkers in Lincoln Park for four years, Mya Hill is still paid only $8.15 an hour – Michigan’s minimum…

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