The ranks of the so-called working poor have grown even as the nation is showing signs of shaking off the worst effects of the recession. Photo: Michael S Williamson/Washington Post
by Michael A Fletcher Washington Post January 16, 2013
Nearly a third of the nation’s working families earn salaries so low that they struggle to pay for their necessities, according to a new report....
A time to fight: Faced with the foreclosure of her home, Detroit resident LaKeisha Tuggle devised creative solutions to weather economic hardship. Photo: New York Times
by Benedict Carey New York Times January 14, 2013
DETROIT — The belt-tightening was the easy part. Cancel the cable. Skip the air conditioners. Ration the cellphone, unplug the wireless Internet, cook rice and beans — done, and done....