Poverty Stalks The Suburbs
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- There's nothing Deidre Duffy would rather do than host a backyard barbecue for a few friends.
"I don't want anything fancy," Duffy, 53, said in an interview next to her black Weber grill. "Give me some charcoal and I'm going to shoot those flames about six feet high, and when they come down -- it's my favorite thing."
Not long ago, she imagined she'd be watching from the hammock with a belly full of grilled food as the sun set over her new back fence, and then in the darkness she'd keep warm by the fire pit with classic rock from the den wafting through the screen door.
But now Duffy's broke, thanks to insufficient work. She is one of the 7.6 million Americans involuntarily working part-time. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/poverty-suburbs_n_3139192.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037
