Marketplace.org Food stamps and the politics of povertyMarketplace.orgAndrea Waterstreet is 44, single and doesn't have children. She grew up in middle class suburbia and worked for 25 years, mostly as a waitress. But when she was diagnosed with a chronic illness and became too sick to work, she quit her …
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