Nearly a Third of Working Families Considered 'Low-Income'
According to a report released this week, nearly a third of American working families are now considered low-income, earning less than twice the poverty threshold. The report [PDF], released by the Working Poor Families Project, shows that 30.1 percent of working families--about 45 million people, including 22 million children--"are struggling to meet basic needs." The report also notes that the percentage of low-income working families "with at least one minority parent" is nearly twice as high as the percentage of low-income white working families. These findings are reminiscent of last month's report that 15 percent of households struggle to put food on the table. Here's how bloggers and journalists are
