Hear me roar
Written by Jennifer Cooper on September 18, 2009 – 5:11 pm
Written by Jennifer Cooper on September 10, 2009 – 4:24 pm
Tags: Homelessness, Hunger, Poverty
Written by Jennifer Cooper on September 9, 2009 – 4:21 pm
Tags: Health Care, Poverty, Working Poor
Written by Jennifer Cooper on September 5, 2009 – 7:35 pm
Day 64–Sept. 5 Lately I find myself curious as to why so many people just accept their fate as one of the exploited working poor. Why do people not rebel against what will surely be a life of endless struggle? As I’ve been reading Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickle and Dimed,” I have been struck by the [...]
Written by Jennifer Cooper on September 4, 2009 – 7:17 pm
Day 63–Sept. 4 As it turns out, keeping up with the Joneses may be out of reach for 1 in 4 American families. That is the estimated number of working families who are low income. A report by The Working Poor Families Project, Still Working Hard, Still Falling Short, found that in 13 states 33 [...]