NEW YORK (AP) - Last Christmas, Shanita Matthews cooked up a feast for her family of three: Roast chicken, barbecue spareribs, spinach, macaroni and cheese.This year?
They’ll stick with tuna fish and crackers, among the few items she can afford at the supermarket."We’re not really doing Christmas — I guess you can say it that way," said Matthews, who lives in Suwanee, Georgia. "We are struggling.
We are tired, and all I have is my faith."RELATED: Layoffs remain elevated as 803,000 seek unemployment aidLike nearly 10 million other Americans, Matthews has been jobless since the viral pandemic ripped through the U.S.