2012-02-22 / Opinion

Families are desperately working to stay afloat

By Marian Wright Edelman
Levi Nation, age 12, and his sister Katherine, eight, eat Sunday dinners at their grandparents' house in rural Kalkaska County, Michigan. They live with their parents, James and Lois, in an old trailer next door. Though both parents work, they can't afford a better place-or health insurance or outings with the children.

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