The number of Americans earning minimum wage has grown significantly since the recession hit; here, stories of getting by.
Good read. And important..
Where are we going as a nation? Is it acceptable that we are not creating good jobs anymore, but instead expanding the base of the minimum wage earners–a future where the middle class will not exist and it will only be a rich vs poor Robinhood society..
The New York TIMES: Faces of the Minimum Wage