Poverty - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/poverty en Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:30:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Dear Middle Class People: You Are Not Actually "Poor"]]>

If you make $33,000 a year, the truth is, you are actually in the top 50% of wage-earners.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/dear-middle-class-people-you-are-not-actually-poor http://www.xojane.com/issues/dear-middle-class-people-you-are-not-actually-poor Issues Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:30:00 -0400 Kimberlee Stiens of LearnVest <![CDATA[My Working-Class Background, Or Why I Hoard Freebies]]>

The scrappy poor kid in me will never die.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/why-i-grab-extra-freebies http://www.xojane.com/issues/why-i-grab-extra-freebies Issues Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:29:55 -0500 Brittany <![CDATA[If I Were A Rich White Man Pretending To Be A Poor Black Kid]]>

Forbes writer Gene Marks published his thoughts on what he would do if he were a poor black kid. It was basically an Onion op-ed. I nudged it the rest of the way.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/if-i-were-rich-white-man-pretending-be-poor-black-kid http://www.xojane.com/issues/if-i-were-rich-white-man-pretending-be-poor-black-kid Issues Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:07 -0500 Jess