At a highway junction outside city, a trio of outsized blue guitars attached to a telegraph pole face on the fertile farmlands regarding the Mississippi Delta. This crossroads is The Crossroads, where guitarist Robert Johnson traded his soul to the devil for musical genius in blues mythology. Today it’s a stoplight on Highway 61, a sun-baked strip of discount malls, filling stations, fast-food joints – and half dozen shops offering fast money..
A high-school teacher, it’s a strip of debt and shame and heartache for Jennifer Williams. For a long time, she’d invest every payday shop that is certainly going store, wanting to carry on with repayments, even while sliding deeper into financial obligation. Continue reading Without a doubt about pay day loans a scourge, but nevertheless a necessity