Starving the Poor to Feed the Rich

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

As a child, I felt so fancy when we used the purple food stamps — those were the pretty ones.

We were a hardworking, loving family. My parents ensured we weren’t around anyone who tried to make us feel “less than” for needing help to make ends meet.

That’s just reality in America. When the federal minimum wage remains stuck at $7.25 while prices for everything else increase month after month, year after year…yeah, we’re going to need some help feeding our families...