Op-Ed Contributor - A Homespun Safety Net - NYTimes.com
Finding little relief, and lots of pain, in the American safety net, those slipping into poverty turn to family and friends. Full Story »
Posted by Judy Plapinger - via New York Times (Most Emailed), New York Times (Opinion)
Another astute, succinct portrait of poverty in the U.S. by Barbara Ehrenreich, just about the only national journalist who consistently writes on this issue.