39M Americans in Working Poor Families
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One in every five U.S. jobs pays less than a poverty-level wage for a family of four, according to a study by the nonpartisan Working Poor Families Project.
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CONYERS, Georgia  - Just because you earn a bit above minimum wage doesn't mean you're not one step away from financial ruin, according to people on low wages in two U.S. states.
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NEW YORK - For younger workers not near or at retirement, the woes of the US Social Security system tend to have a distant, if not surreal quality.
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Hearing loss and poor vision are common problems, but the combination -- especially in multiple members of the same family, some in their early 20s and 30s -- is striking.
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American families across the nation are paying an increasingly large portion of their incomes on housing, putting a squeeze on household budgets, according to a published report.
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Candidates in both parties are promising to work to cover more of the Americans without health insurance.
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The descent from working class to homeless was swift and methodical. Rob Messick lost his job as a contract worker for a technology firm in Alexandria in September. The bills, already high, piled higher: rent, child support, car insurance, medical expenses, utilities. The odd jobs he scored didn't...
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One out of every eight Americans now lives below the poverty line, as the percentage of the US population living in poverty rose for the third consecutive year in 2003, the US Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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By Chris Echegaray, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Sep. 14--TAMPA -- America is making little progress putting computers and  Internet access into the homes of minorities at the same rate as Anglos.
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Most Americans who rely on just a full-time job earning the federal minimum wage cannot afford the rent and utilities on a one- or two-bedroom apartment, an advocacy group on low-income housing reported Monday.
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With $41 trillion in private wealth set to be transferred in the United States in the coming decades, families are wondering how to prepare their children.
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About 47 percent of parents in families earning less than $40,000 a year are offered health insurance through their employers &#151; a 9 percent drop during the past decade.
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It becomes more difficult for US low-wage workers to afford appropriate housing. â There are only four counties in the country - Wayne, Crawford, and Lawrence counties in Illinois and Washington County, Florida
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NEW YORK -- Barely two years ago, Cristina Rodriguez and her three children were moored on the wrong side of the income gap. A high school dropout, she was making a little more than $200 a week, stapling price tags to shirts and boxing them at a Modell's warehouse. "I didn't use my mouth, didn't use...
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Business & money: Workers in poor countries exploited, say investors.
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Four out of 10 U.S. workers often or always live from paycheck to paycheck, according to a survey released on Monday.
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Five million people, or one in 10 adults, spend more than they earn on a monthly basis, a survey suggests.