The News For Squirrels

I have not written on this for a while, which means that I may be as guilty as anyone of complacency on this issue, despite the fact that I ...

The title of this article says it all: For Many, A Job Is But a Dim Memory . I'm one of those many. The last day that I had a job was Au...

I haven't been in much of a mood to post anything here in the last couple of days. On the positive side, I attended a truly excellent se...

I mentioned the other day that I was attending an orientation at ProNet Charlotte, a nonprofit service to assist displaced professionals in ...

I recently found out about a nonprofit group called ProNet Charlotte . Their purpose is to provide tools, resources, counseling and networki...

Always worrying about not having enough money to pay rent and bills. Not having health insurance. Filling out job applications and sendin...

After one year and twenty days of unemployment, and hundreds of job applications that disappear into what seems like a giant black hole, yes...

I went to file my weekly unemployment certification this morning, which has been a routine Sunday ritual for the past year, and got the foll...

Representative Jan Schakowsky (D, Ill.) has introduced the Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act , which is exactly the kind of p...

Yesterday Karen and I took part in a protest demonstration organized by MoveOn.org, at the office of Representative Sue Myrick (R, NC). The ...

Three articles that make the argument that the real crisis in America is unemployment, and that drastic action needs to be taken to address ...

Bernie Sanders has said it best: the Republican plan for the debt ceiling is "morally grotesque."  And no, the Democrat's plan...

Fortunately, increasing attention is being paid to the growing number of employers who are refusing to even consider applications from joble...

Another interesting article by Catherine Rampell about the seemingly unnoticed and invisible unemployment crisis from the NY Times Economix...

I want this graphic novel !

When I lost my job last August, one of the first and most difficult challenges that I and my family faced was living without health insuranc...

Another thoughtful article on the political complacency of the jobless from the NY Times Economix blog. My take is that as unemployment b...

Many hiring companies systematically exclude unemployed workers from consideration when hiring. This is an abhorrent practice that makes the...

A quick scan of the front pages of the CNN and MSNBC websites this morning finds neither site with a single story focusing on the crisis of ...

I really do feel a sense of emptiness when I think about the ten months and counting since I lost my job. There are people all around me con...