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Waging a Living by Roger Weisberg | Click to read the synopsis

The term "working poor" should be an oxymoron. If you work full time, you should not be poor, but more than 30 million Americans — one in four workers — are stuck in jobs that do not pay the basics for a decent life. "Waging a Living" chronicles the day-to-day battles of four low-wage earners fighting to lift their families out of poverty. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: August 29, 2006 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

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"Like most Americans, I grew up with the idea that hard work invariably leads to success. I bought into this mythology for a long time, until...I met lots of folks for whom this American dream was exactly that, just a dream. It could not be realized."
  —Roger Weisberg

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Roger Weisberg, Barbara Ehrenreich and David Brancaccio

A CONVERSATION WITH BARBARA EHRENREICH

NOW host David Brancaccio hosts a special conversation with Barbara Ehrenreich on the state of American workers and wages today. » 

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PERSPECTIVES ON A LIVING WAGE

Experts speak with Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman about poverty, the minimum wage, ten years of welfare reform and the outcomes of living wage campaigns across the country in a special series of P.O.V. podcasts.  » 
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Posted August 10, 2006 | Updated August 24, 2006

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