Chicago Tribune

Her disability check was gone, and now the only option left was also one of the worst

For the people of the hollow, opportunity begins where the road ends, and that was where they now went, driving onto a dirt path that vanished into forest. It was here that they came at the end of the ...
The Washington Post

In rural America, some towns are divided between those who work and those who don’t

GRUNDY, Va. — Five days earlier, his mother had spent the last of her disability check on bologna, cheese, bread and Pepsi. Two days earlier, he had gone outside and looked at the train tracks that ...
The Washington Post

The underground economy has long been a part of rural America, where some receiving disability benefits are forced to work to survive.

MALLORY, W.Va. — For the people of the hollow, opportunity begins where the road ends, and that was where they now went, driving onto a dirt path that vanished into forest. It was here that they came ...
NPR

Kids May Stay On Disability If Their Parents Rely On The Check

In a continuing exploration of the nation's disability system, Planet Money looks at one of the fastest growing categories of disability recipients: children. The number of children on the program for ...
Washington Examiner

Every month, 14 million people now get a disability check from the government

National Public Radio exposes the skyrocketing number of Americans who work the system to get a disability check from the government in this fantastic work of online journalism. Modern romance could ...
ABC7 San Francisco

CA man's lost disability check expires

"This check is void if not cashed after 90 days." The Brisbane family found themselves wondering what happen if time elapses. What happened to them could happen to anyone. Hashim Munir's hand may ...
KETV Omaha

'That's somebody's livelihood': Woman's money from disability check stolen at gas station

STEPS UP AND RETURNS THE MONEY. >> NICOLE MACLEAN DID WHAT SHE. DOES AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MONTH. SHE RECEIVED AND CASHED HER DISABILITY CCKHE THEN CAME HERE TO THIS MEGASAVER AT 36TH AND HIGHWAY ...