On AlterNet: working poor

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Why Don't We Pay People Enough? 8 Facts About America's Struggling Working People

Bill Quigley, AlterNet. January 23, 2012.

Millions of people in the U.S. work and are still poor.

10 Signs That Our Nation Is Becoming Poorer

Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse. January 4, 2011.

The Working Poor Families Project has discovered that the number of working poor in the United States is higher than ever and it continues to increase at a staggering pace.

How and Why Working America Is Complicit in the Elite Assault on its Economic Well-Being

Andrew Oxford, In These Times. January 3, 2011.

Sociologist Lisa Dodson examines what she terms the “economic disobedience” now pervasive in the low-wage sector.

The America We Never Seem to Talk About (Photo Essay)

Nina Berman, Brenda Ann Kenneally, AlterNet. November 4, 2008.

Brenda Ann Kenneally captures the female working poor and culture of incarceration in Troy, N.Y., where the presidential race has little resonance.

Study Reveals Health Care Woes of Asian Americans

Ketaki Gokhale, New America Media. April 8, 2008.

High numbers of the working poor in this community don't qualify for public assistance, yet can't afford private insurance.

The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America

Katherine S. Newman, Victor Tan Chen, Beacon Press. September 6, 2007.

Hospital patients in low income communities often receive second-rate care -- even when they are insured.

The Near Poor: a Huge Missing Class

Eyal Press, The Nation. August 9, 2007.

The 57 million "near-poor" living in America today are twice the number living in poverty.

New York City On $45 A Day (And That's If You're Lucky)

Gabriel Thompson, AlterNet. December 12, 2006.

How one labor company made millions by exploiting its temporary employees a dollar at a time.