eshawney gaston cannot turn down work.she has pieced together to try to make a living wage. >> i am a low-wage worker. amy: pandemic poverty. we will speak with the series host longtime journalist ray suarez. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the death toll from a once-in-a-generation winter storm that brought arctic temperatures and heavy snow too much of the u.s. has risen to 50. more than half the dead are in buffalo, new york, where search-and-rescue crews are searching for people trapped under more than four feet of snow. more snowfall is forecast for today. the new york governor says it is the worst blizzard ever in city known for its inclent winter weather. >> this will go down in history as the most devastating storm in buffalo's long stord history of having battled many battles, many major storms. amy: the winter weather grounded thousands of flights and caused chaos one of the busiest travel days of the year. in texas, federal reg