Unequal Realities Inside The Jobs Report

Unequal Realities Inside The Jobs Report
Ernest Clymer and dozens of job seekers line up to attend a National Career Fair, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in New York. The number of people seeking unemployment aid stayed at a four-year low last week, the latest evidence that layoffs are low and the job market is slowly healing. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Ernest Clymer and dozens of job seekers line up to attend a National Career Fair, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in New York. The number of people seeking unemployment aid stayed at a four-year low last week, the latest evidence that layoffs are low and the job market is slowly healing. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Today's U.S. Labor Department report on jobs confirms what we've known for more than a year: We have entered a new normal for jobs, with marginal gains, marginal losses and higher levels of unemployment becoming the unfortunate norm.

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