"How I went from middle class to homeless" -Leah Messinger (period 1)

  The article that I read this week discusses the unfortunate story of a 61 year old man named Joe who is about to become homeless because of his financial situation. Joe grew up as a child in a middle class family working in his uncle's shop. He grew up to work in manufacturing jobs with the hopes of achieving the "American Dream" of prosperity and success. However, things never seemed to look up for Joe. Between moving to take care of his sick mother and being laid off, he has been in and out of work for weeks. Joe mentions that he is still trying to get out in the working world mentioning in each of his interviews, "Yes I am an older worker, but my life's worth of experience could make me an asset to many places if I could only get the chance to show them". He is not they only one suffering through hardship though because he is only one of eight million Americans who are currently out of work.
  This article correlates directly with The Great Depression and the effects that it had on each individual in America. Unemployment and the economic hardships that came with it were inevitable during this time period. Although that is not seen as a pressing issue to many Americans who are well off nowadays, there are many people, like Joe, who are trying hard to get themselves out of economic hardship.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/26/news/economy/middle-class-to-homeless/index.html?sr=cnnmoneybin043016middle-class-to-homeless0900vodtop