The cost of living poor can be staggering: Racking up interest on a payday loan, working for minimum wage, paying fees to cash a check, and eating healthy when groceries are hard to find.
KERA is exploring these issues through the Jubilee Park neighborhood in Dallas. This hour, as part of KERA’s One Crisis Away: Inside a Neighborhood initiative, we talked with Courtney Collins, who reported the series, and Ben Leal, CEO of Jubilee Park Community Center.