Tania Whitfield

1 month ago | chicagoreader.com | Tania Whitfield |Salem Collo-Julin

As a child, I felt so fancy when we used the purple food stamps. Those were the pretty ones. We were a hardworking and loving family. My parents ensured we weren’t around anyone who tried to make us feel “less than” for needing help to make ends meet. That’s just reality in the U.S. When the federal minimum wage remains stuck at $7.25 while prices for everything else increase, month after month, year after year . . .