Hovering Above Poverty, Grasping for Middle Class

Low-wage workers in the United States are gripped by increasing financial insecurity as they inch along an economic tightrope made riskier by pervasive job losses and rising prices. Many struggle to pay for life's basics -- housing, food and health care -- and most report having virtually no financial cushion should they stumble.

Still, they remain inspired by the American dream, with most saying they are more apt to move up economically than slip ... Full Story »

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Louise Auerhahn
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by Louise Auerhahn - Oct. 1, 2008

Excellent investigative journalism that focuses not on the latest juicy scandal, but on the lives and livelihoods of a large sector of American workers. This is the initial story in a forthcoming WaPo series about low-wage workers in the U.S.

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