By Ebony Flake ·Updated April 8, 2024
In the working-class neighborhood of East Palo Alto, before Silicon Valley’s rise, my grandparents epitomized an era when jobs offered long-term security. After retiring from the military, my grandpa went to work for Hewlett-Packard, and my grandma served as assistant to the dean at Stanford University. Both retired from their respective careers after working for several decades, with benefits that would sustain them for the
