Topic: working poor

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Kyrsten Sinema (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democrats splinter over fight for $15

Molly Wilcox
(Getty/Salon)

Why the IRS targets the working poor

Hayes Holderness - The Conversation
Old Rusty Car (Getty Images/ethanfink)

Growing up poor, with shaming looks

Dave Patterson
In this Jan. 14, 2017, photo, tax forms sit on a desk at the start of the tax season rush, inside the offices of tax preparation firm Infinite Tax Solutions, in Boulder, Colo. Filing taxes early could speed your return and protect your identity. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (AP)

Who’s more likely to be audited?

Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger - ProPublica
(Netflix)

More than mindless playtime

Matthew Smith
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-52959p1.html'>Piotr Marcinski</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

My life of insufficient funds

Marissa Higgins
(AP/Steven Senne)

My Whole Foods nightmare

Nick Rahaim
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-64736p1.html'>lev radin</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

America's fast food nightmare

Geoff Gilbert
Scott Walker (Reuters/Sara Stathas)

Walker's bogus American Dream

Simon Maloy
A photo of the author

"I cannot live like this"

Cantare Davunt
A photo of the author

My personal Scott Walker shame

Roxanne Trigg
(AP/Jason Decrow)

Spitting on the working poor

Peter-Astrid Kane

Kirsten West Savali - DAME
Tiffany Beroid

"I was illegally terminated"

Katie McDonough
A photo of the author

My personal Wal-Mart horror

Gail Todd
Pam Ramos

My personal Wal-Mart nightmare

Pam Ramos
(AP/Allen Breed)

Katie McDonough
(Reuters/Tami Chappell)

Katie McDonough
(AP)

Katie McDonough
(AP)

Michael Rubinkam
(AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

Katie McDonough