Long-Term Joblessness: One Year Later
A look at three people’s stories of long-term unemployment after twelve months and there is some good news.
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Off of Unemployment Island but the Waters Still Rough
While the number of people facing long-term unemployment is still searing, there are flickers of hope: Of the six graduates of the Platform to Employment Program that we have followed over the last year, all of them now have jobs.
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Obama Presses CEOs to Help the Long-Term Unemployed
President Obama met with CEOs from some the largest companies in the U.S. to discuss ways to help the long-term unemployed.
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Hurt and Hidden: Out of Work for More than 99 Weeks
A tale of two men: Both worked more than three decades, lost their jobs in 2009, and were out of work for more than 99 weeks. Now there’s just one difference: Only one rejoined the workforce.
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Faces of the Long-Term Unemployed
Almost 5 million are in the vicious cycle of long-term unemployment, but they are not numbers. They are people with stories.
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Senator Blumenthal on Long-Term Unemployment
Full interview (June 7, 2013) with Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal on the issue of the long-term unemployed in the U.S.
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Forgotten Americans: Can Anyone Rescue the Long-Term Unemployed?
If you’re stranded on "unemployment island," as one long-term unemployed person calls it, the chances of being rescued are depressingly slim.
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Long-Term Unemployment is Still Searing and Congress is Still Struggling for Solutions
Private efforts to combat the plight of millions of Americans desperate to get back in the workforce are seeing some results, but the issue remains largely ignored by Washington.