"We have no savings. I still have no job."
As the pandemic drags on, families' savings are wiped out as they're pushed to the brink with no relief in sight. buzzfeednews.com/article/veness…
As the pandemic drags on, families' savings are wiped out as they're pushed to the brink with no relief in sight. buzzfeednews.com/article/veness…
"If we don’t have electricity for a few weeks, then so be it”
They face the unsettling reality that no matter how hard they tried, their ability to make it out of this is mostly out of their hands.
buzzfeednews.com/article/veness…
They face the unsettling reality that no matter how hard they tried, their ability to make it out of this is mostly out of their hands.
buzzfeednews.com/article/veness…
There’s a belief that people can achieve financial security if they just work hard enough, that being poor is a kind of moral failing. But the crisis has underlined that this is a myth. buzzfeednews.com/article/veness…
"Now what do we do? Now you have to start selling everything you own.”
People are realizing now what those in precarious situations have long known: that so much of it is out of your control. buzzfeednews.com/article/veness…
People are realizing now what those in precarious situations have long known: that so much of it is out of your control. buzzfeednews.com/article/veness…
BuzzFeed News spoke to people around the country who saved several months of their typical living expenses and watched their balances draw down to nothing.
Here are their stories. buzzfeednews.com/article/veness…
Here are their stories. buzzfeednews.com/article/veness…
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