Title: Increase In Extreme Poverty Leaves Millions Stranded | HuffPost
Headings: Increase In Extreme Poverty Leaves Millions Stranded
Increase In Extreme Poverty Leaves Millions Stranded
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Content: But Newton is also thinking seriously about a job in the only industry that seems to be holding steady in his neighborhood: fast food. “I’ve never been a guy to work at McDonald’s or Popeye’s or KFC,” he says. “ I’ve tried to be involved in helping people. But it’s about finding a way to pay the bills.” He tries to keep his mind centered on what he can control, what he can achieve, despite the strife around him. “Just a couple of days ago, a 13-year-old boy got killed,” he said. “ When I look in the paper, and there’s that obituary, it just shatters me.” Newton was recently walking around in his neighborhood when he overheard two guys talking, and the snippet of their conversation now replays itself in his head. “This dude was like, ‘If I lose my job I’m going to be out here doing another job,’ some kind of robbing people,” Newton said. “