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More and more Americans are becoming “ALICEs.” They can’t afford rent or food, yet they fall through the net of their country’s social safety net.


More and more Americans are becoming “ALICEs.” They can’t afford rent or food, yet they fall through the net of their country’s social safety net.

Chelsea Jia Feng/BI ALICE is an acronym for a group of Americans who have limited assets and income and are employed. Most ALICE sufferers earn too much to qualify for government assistance, but not enough to afford everyday life in the United States. Their existence points to a gap in the way the United States […]