The underground economy has long been a part of rural America, where some receiving disability benefits are forced to work to survive.
by Terrence McCoy-October 6, 2017
MALLORY, W.Va. — For the people of the hollow, opportunity begins where the road ends, and that was where they now went, driving onto a dirt path that vanished into forest. It was here that they came at the end of the month, when the disability checks were long gone, and the next were still days away, and the only option left was also one of the worst.