Local TSA workers rally to end shutdown

At a small rally in Hampton Thursday, Transportation Security Administration employees reflected on the hard choices that lie ahead. The Hampton rally was replicated in much larger fashion Thursday across the country. Federal workers rallied in downtown Detroit, at The Loop in Chicago and marched on the White House, trying to convince government leaders to end the shutdown.

Heather Askew Elko: You should always have an emergency fund.

Maria T. Dorsey: Not every working person in today’s world has enough to have an emergency fund!