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Americas Great Divide widens as low wage work grows
Natalie Vazquez lost a high paying job then found work at a $7.25 to $9 hourly level while LydIa Omogun, 54, facing eviction and debt, borrowed a wig after and jobless. The piece links rising income inequality, government wage goals, and Memphis poverty to broader national trends and job market shifts.
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Omogun
Barack Obama
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Martin Luther King Jr
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