middle class

Today I would like to salute community colleges. To be honest, what is the first thing we think about when someone says "community college"? I can tell you one thing, whatever they say is probably not anything particularly positive. Community colleges come with the stigma of serving poorer students or students who maybe don't do that well academically. At risk students, right?  Read More »

We all hear and read a lot about racism, the struggle of minorities, and lower class poverty. We're also inundated day-to-day by the whimsical tales of the extreme upper class in Hollywood and such, but has the public conscious forgotten the middle-class of America? And since when did it become such an ugly thing to be Caucasian?  Read More »

I recently underwent inpatient surgery. I have several plates in my leg from a work related accident.
Through it I accrued over 15,000 dollars in debt for the procedure. I am uninsured. Fortunately, my annual income fell below the poverty level. My biggest expenses are being covered. I am grateful, the system isn't that bad....  Read More »