Courtney Boyd, McDonalds. By Ann Johnson

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Courtney Boyd, an 18-year-old manager of the McDonalds on Martin Luther King Boulevard, works eight to ten hour shifts in order to make her dream of finishing culinary school come true. “I love cooking and being around food. That is one...

Lisa Terry, Waffle House. By Katie Serrano

As Lisa Terry serves hot coffee, eggs and sausage to customers at a nearly empty Waffle House in Fayetteville, she knows the tips she recieves from those orders will go towards rent, food and feeding her cats. For Terry, 23, and her husband, their annual income is...