Great Recession Continues to Loom Over 2016 Graduates, Even as Corporate Profits Rise

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2016 The New York Times editorial board released a depressing report recently on the bleak job prospects faced by high school students graduating this year, a situation it traces to consistent political failures in recent times. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Part-Time Jobs Crisis

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 21, 2013 Americans stuck in part-time work take little comfort in news that the nation has added jobs for 30 consecutive months. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Unemployment Slips Below 9%

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2011 The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.9 percent in February, the third straight monthly decline and putting it below 9 percent for the first time since April 2009. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Job Market Takes a Snow Day

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2011 Bad weather put a damper on hiring in January as the U.S. economy added just 36,000 jobs. Still, the unemployment rate dropped to 9 percent from December's 9.4 percent, but that may be because many job-seekers simply gave up looking. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jobless Rate Drops as People Give Up Looking

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2011 Bad news on the U.S. job front: While the country’s unemployment rate took its biggest drop since April 1998, the decrease was due not so much to a recovering economy, but to the fact that 260,000 people have given up looking for work. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wee Bit of Good News on the Job Front

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2010 Two things are a given at the beginning of every month: The rent comes due and U.S. employment figures are released. Regarding the latter, the economy added 151,000 jobs in October, reversing a trend of four months of job losses but not enough to cut into the stubborn 9.6 percent national unemployment rate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Fault Lines’: Unemployment in the U.S.

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2010 Check out this new "Fault Lines" video in which Avi Lewis examines the lives of Americans who are jobless or underemployed -- a number approaching 30 million. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Real Unemployment Number: 17.5%

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2009 More than one in every six U.S. workers are either unemployed or underemployed, a statistic arguably more significant than the 10.2 percent jobless rate posted in October, as it factors in those who have quit looking, as well as part-time workers desiring full-time gigs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )