In reverse Robin Hood stories across the nation, the rich are stealing from the poor. In the process, they’re revealing a social safety net that’s been cut to shreds by “welfare reform.”
About one-third of Americans are struggling to get by. When hardworking families find that their bootstraps just aren’t there to pull up, they reach for their frayed shoestrings — and a little help.
Operation Shoestring has helped struggling families in Jackson, Mississippi, for decades. The social service organization holds regular summer camps so that children from low-income households can get health care, enrichment and STEM training. And when the local water became too toxic to drink this August, Operation Shoestring gave families filters.
