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Description: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20 million workers earn less than $9 an hour - not enough to buy the basics in some areas. In a series of special reports, NPR's Noah Adams travels throughout the US to profile the low-income workforce, talking with people about their jobs, their families and their hopes for the future.
(January 01, 2004)
NPR : Profiles of Low-Wage America latest story in this year-long series: It's tough making a living as a writer. NPR's Noah Adams continues his series on low-wage jobs with a look at writers in Seattle who can only dream of quitting their day job. At left, Sarah-Katherine Lewis, self-described sex worker and writer.
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| Page title: | NPR : Profiles of Low-Wage America |
| Keywords: | Low-Wage America, low wage, poverty, minimum wage, low-wage America, poor, American poor, American poverty, Adams, Noah Adams, minimum wage, working poor |
| Description: | In America, it is possible to work full time but not make a living. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20 million workers earn less than $9 an hour. At those wage levels, many people have trouble affording the basics -- housing, food, clothing, transportation and health care. In a series of special reports, NPR's Noah Adams travels throughout the country to profile the low-income workforce, talking with people about their jobs, their families and their hopes for the future. |
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