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: When he lost that job six weeks ago, he had no savings to fall back on, forcing him to borrow from friends just to make the rent on his subsidized apartment. He has been looking for work day after day, but has come up empty, frustrated that all the better paying jobs — at medical offices, where his resume shows experience — seem to be out in the suburbs. Employers seem reluctant to take a chance on a guy who lives in the city, with questionably reliable transportation. Newton is a single, young African-American man living in a time in which the unemployment rate among single African-American men 25 years and older is 21 percent. He went to college for a couple of years, and now he is searching for a way to resume his studies, researching possible sources of grant money. 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.”