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The real story of America’s unemployed
Before “We are the 99 percent” emerged as a rally cry from Zuccotti Park to the Port of Oakland, another group identified with this number -- but for a very different reason. A handful of New Yorkers...
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The GOP’s unemployment trap
AP/Eric Risberg This story is part of our new series on long-term unemployment in America, which aims to keep jobs a primary topic during this presidential election year. To watch part one of our new...
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The shame and pride of joining food stamp nation
AP "Mister Cook! Chris Cook? Mr. Cook! Window three!"I walk through the pasty government-issue fluorescent light and bureaucratic cinderblock waiting room, ushered into the inner sanctum of welfare...
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F**ked: Fighting the stigma of joblessness
Tens of millions of Americans are involuntarily jobless, but being unemployed still carries a stigma.“Many people hadn’t told their families or friends, because they were ashamed,” explains Sam...
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When my retirement plan exploded
AP A longer version of this piece originally appeared on Lezlie Bishop’s Open Salon blog. Do you have a story about being unemployed during the Great Recession? Blog about it on Open Salon — and we...
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When I learned to scrape by
A longer version of this piece originally appeared on Tiffany Brubeck’s Open Salon blog. Do you have a story about being unemployed during the Great Recession? Blog about it on Open Salon — and we...
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The screwed generation: Libertarian, not liberal
Reuters/Joel Page There is an old adage that says, "If you're young and conservative you have no heart, if you're old and liberal you have no brain." The idea is that young people tend to make...
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Is work worth it?
Certain experiences will always force a reevaluation of life’s priorities. The birth of a child, a near-death experience -- or getting fired. The latest episode of Salon’s video series on unemployment...
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When my job stopped paying
AP/Rick Bowmer Catherine Lane is the pseudonym of an Open Salon blogger. A longer version of this piece originally appeared on her Open Salon blog. Do you have a story about being unemployed during...
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Occupy meet MacArthur’s tanks
When Occupy Wall Street burst on the scene last September, the movement seemed unique and unprecedented. The latest installment of “F**ked: The United States of Unemployment,” however, traces the long...
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The 99ers’ unemployment fix
For our 99ers, an informal group of jobless New Yorkers who have exhausted their 99 weeks of unemployment benefits, the Occupy Wall Street movement came as a dream fulfilled.As the protests took root...
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Can Occupy Wall Street work with the jobless?
Immy Humes In the sixth installment of F**ked, the long-term unemployed meet the occupiers at a General Assembly in New York City, never expecting the generational and culture clash that ensues.
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