How We Did It

by | May 3, 2018 | final, Ready

We began our research by first trying to understand and define the term “working poor.” We read Class Matters, By The Staff of the New York Times, and Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich. Both books aided our...

Abby Jobst, Server. By Elisabeth Butler

by | May 3, 2018 | final, Ready

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark — Approximately one-in-three residents of Fayetteville fall below the poverty line. Alejandro Zeballos and Abigail Jobst, fresh from graduating from the University of Arkansas, suddenly found themselves in that predicament in 2017. For much of...

Nicholas Pando, Retail Sales. By Mary Kerr Winters

by | May 1, 2018 | final, Ready

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Nicholas Pando has two minimum wage jobs, one at a video game store and a clerk gig at a local real estate firm, that combine fun and, hopefully, a career path. Nearly all of Pando’s time is dedicated to work, more than 40 hours a week. He...