Heartbreaking

As Brian Laurent mentioned earlier this year, Barbara Ehrenreich wrotes often about poverty. In her most recent article, Ehrenreich chronicles the daily life of Kristen and Joe Parente, a Delaware couple with three children struggling to get by on a daily basis. The story is awful and heartbreaking, but it is real. Poverty is paralyzing and difficult to deal with, physically and emotionally.

AmeriCorps VISTAs serve to eliminate poverty. We have to work harder, because I don't want to read more stories like this.

I'm sorry for the bummer post. Hope everyone had a great weekend!