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The View From Cleveland: Raising A Family On $1,400 A Month
Resume![Cinthia Cruz (left) and her boyfriend Juan Rivera sit on their front steps with their daughter Zahira. Cruz and Rivera live in Cleveland, and make $1,400 a month to support their family. (Peter O'Dowd/Here & Now)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0720_cleveland-minimum-wage-01-1000x750.jpg)
As Republicans gather in Cleveland for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Cinthia Cruz and Juan Rivera talk to Here & Now's Robin Young about what it's like to raise children on $1,400 a month. The issue of the minimum wage is likely to be a topic for the general election.
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![Juan Rivera plays with his daughter Zahira in the kitchen of their Cleveland home. (Robin Young/Here & Now)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2016/07/0720_cleveland-minimum-wage-02-1000x973.jpg)
Guests
Cinthia Cruz and Juan Rivera, Cleveland residents earning minimum wage.
This segment aired on July 20, 2016.