Poor? Pay Up.

Washington Post by DeNeen L. Brown | May. 18, 2009 (Special Report)
Having Little Money Often Means No Car, No Washing Machine, No Checking Account And No Break From Fees and High Prices

The poorer you are, the more things cost. More in money, time, hassle, exhaustion, menace. This is a fact of life that reality television and magazines don't often explain. Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
4.2
 by Derek Hawkins - May. 24, 2009

A damning public interest story that scrutinizes what it costs, literally, to be poor. Very well researched, with plenty of factual evidence (cost of groceries, fees) and firsthand anecdotes. Not advocacy -- no melodrama or imbalance -- and no distracting first-person narrative. Commendable.

Why are these types of stories so few and far between? Will they vanish as journalism evolves? Will this be the work of lowly, underpaid freelancers?

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