Heart wrenching read about downward mobility of a family in Michigan. The grandfather was a carpenter that retired at 60. The daughter works doubles at a grocery store and A&W for literally no money, as whatever she earns immediately gets burned by transportation costs to and from her job.

There’s so much fucked up shit in this story and it doesn’t even touch on systemic racism.

Article is from March of 2022. I didn’t realize 44% of Americans work low wage jobs. Staggering. I’m sure that number has only gotten bigger.