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Sequester cuts get real for unemployed Americans
Mar 1, 2013
The sequester will mean cuts to the unemployment checks people depend on to pay bills.
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For unemployed, a shave and a haircut... no charge
Oct 19, 2012
Telling someone to cut their hair and get a job is an old cliche. But a Portland barbershop is doing just that for those who are down on their luck.
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Unemployed or underemployed? There's an app for that
Sep 14, 2012
In a digital twist on the age-old practice of paying people to do odd jobs for you, new smartphone apps like TaskRabbit and Postmates allow you to hire your own personal assistants -- to say, clean your home, buy your groceries or run errands.
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When the unemployed stop looking for jobs
Sep 7, 2012
Discouraged workers give up after months of fruitless job seeking.
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Recovering from job loss
Aug 23, 2012
Author DW Gibson on what he learned traveling across the country talking with the unemployed for his new book, "Not Working," and one of the book's subjects, Bridgette Lacy, discusses what it's like to be jobless.
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Americans still feel gloomy about the economy
Aug 23, 2012
The latest data on unemployment claims put them near their lowest levels since the start of the financial crisis. Hiring is slowly ticking up. So why aren't Americans feeling better about the economy?
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Unemployment workers face layoffs
Aug 7, 2012
As more people find work where there are jobs to be found, fewer workers are needed in state unemployment offices.
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The downward spiral: Homeless in San Francisco
Jul 6, 2012
In the city by the bay, homeless citizens share how easy it is to lose the roof over your head.
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'Boomerang Generation' hurts the economy
Mar 28, 2012
Commentator Todd Buchholz says young adults who return home to live with their parents are sapping the economy of needed vitality.
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Checking in with the long-term unemployed
Jan 24, 2012
Jai Damian joined us back in September when the president gave his big jobs speech. Now she's here to update us on her job search and discuss what she hopes to hear from the president in the State of the Union.
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