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You are paying to work
Because I have a lot more time on my hands than most I tend to do a lot of thinking. The other day I realized just how many things in a person’s life are centered around their job. Then I … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, Black, Book of Numbers, East Florida, Family, Florida, Food, food stamps, Health, job, Labor, Living wage, Minimum wage, Orlando, poor, Poverty, Slavery, United States, Wage, White people, working poor
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Now She Can Rest
This is Maria Fernandes, she was 32. She died in a parking lot between one of her four part time jobs. She just wanted to make ends meet. Instead, she died in a parking lot trying to catch a … Continue reading
Poverty Overload: A depressing purge since I can’t stop crying
Yesterday I got the news that my uncle David is dying. Some people will be cynical about how much he means to me because of the fact that I’ve probably only spent a handful of days of my entire life … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, CEO pay, Child poverty, Facebook, Family, Florida, Food, food stamps, Fuck, Health, homeless, Homelessness, hunger, Internal Revenue Service, iPad, Labor, Living wage, Minimum wage, Personal, poverty wages, Tax incidence, Tax return (United States), TurboTax, United States, Wage, welfare, work, working poor, writing
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Vomiting Subway Employee: Industry Standard
You’ve probably already heard the story of Elizabeth Taff, a 24 year old employee for the Subway sandwich chain who was fired when she left work after being taken to the hospital for a, very contagious, stomach virus. Everyone outside of the … Continue reading
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Tagged begging, Clothing, Elizabeth Taff, Facebook, Family, food stamps, Freeport Texas, Gastroenteritis, Grocery store, Health, Home warranty, hunger, Labor, Laundry, LinkedIn, Living wage, Minimum wage, Parenting, Poverty, Self-service laundry, Subway, Texas, Vomiting, WalMart, Washing, Washing machine, work, working poor
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My Poor Mind: Poverty on the Brain
I recently saw a video on Upworthy.com and it really got me thinking. The video is talking about the mental health and overall well being of middle class, and upper middle class, women and how stress effects their minds and bodies. This doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Brain, Business, Chemical reaction, Fight-or-flight response, Food, food stamps, Health, Home, homeless, hunger, Labor, Living wage, Magnetic resonance imaging, Mental health, Mind, Minimum wage, National Institute of Mental Health, Parenting, poor, Poverty, SNAP, United States, Wage, WalMart, welfare, work
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We Need Solutions Not Reactions
I imagine that most people have heard about Tennessee’s new “Arrest Pregnant Addicts” rule. I also imagine that some of you think that this is an amazing idea. And if you do, I will never admit to you that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Dandridge Tennessee, drug abuse, Family, Google, Health, Labor, Lacey Weld, mother, motherhood, mothering, mothers, Parenting, Poverty, Pregnancy, Substance Abuse, Substance dependence, Tennessee, US, welfare, work
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