The Working Poor: Invisible in America
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"Most of the people I write about in this book do not have the luxury of rage. They are caught in exhausting struggles. Their wages do not lift them far enough from poverty to improve their lives, and their lives, in turn, hold them back. The term by which they are usually described, 'working poor,' should be an oxymoron. Nobody who works hard should be poor in America." —from the Introduction
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Arab and Jew, a new book that prese…
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Arab and Jew, a new book that prese…
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