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There's No Such Thing as Small Stuff: Being Poor in Louisville

WEB-EXCLUSIVE VIDEO, Unnatural Causes
Mary Turner, featured in "In Sickness and In Wealth," lives in a poor neighborhood of Louisville, KY. With three teenage children, a husband on disability, and health complications that prevent her from working, Mary must budget carefully to keep her family fed and housed. In this video, she discusses the choices she faces every day, quickly but eloquently presenting a glimpse of one woman's life at the lower end of the U.S. socio-economic spectrum.

From the UNNATURAL CAUSES series: Episode 1 - In Sickness and In Wealth