Being poor vs. being broke(blog.ctms.me)
468 points by speckx | 546 comments
A personal blog essay by Dom Corriveau explaining the difference between being poor and being broke, and why advice from non-poor people often doesn't help.
#poverty on Hacker News
2 stories tagged poverty, newest first.
Being Raised by the Internet(jimmyhmiller.github.io)
792 points by DamonHD | 265 comments
Personal essay by Jimmy Miller about growing up poor with an absent mother and a father with schizophrenia, and how the internet helped raise him.