I foolishly and selfishly thought that my comfortable middle-class upbringing would shield me from knowing financial instability. I was wrong. Lazy. Entitled. Get a better job. If you’ve been paying attention to the recent discussion on raising worker wages—often led by fast food worker protests—you’ve heard and read sentiments like these. No doubt, the issue […]
The percentage of costs that go to childcare varies from state to state, with the national average measuring 30%. New York and Massachusetts came in at 80% of a minimum wage worker’s yearly income, and D.C. measured an impossible 102%. Surprise to no one, raising children is not cheap. Especially if you are making minimum […]
Despite all evidence to the contrary, all talks of privilege, all facts and statistics, many Americans still believe that if someone is struggling economically, they are morally suspect and should somehow work harder. Whether citizens of the United States will admit it or not, we are in the midst of a great delusion about class and income […]
