The current recession/depression/downturn/credit crunch/general unpleasantness is churning out new unemployed Americans like a Chinese X-box factory. In the past year, the US economy has manufactured more than a half-million redundant workers per month.

Official government figures peg the total number of occupationally-impaired at somewhere over 12 million. In truth, the...

You're probably a fan of All Things Considered and Morning Edition. You may contribute to your local public radio station. And when you heard NPR was in financial trouble, you figured you'd be willing to contribute a few extra bucks to get them out of a jam. You might have...

A small video tribute to the now more than 13 million Americans who want a job, but can't find one.

O Brother How Unemployed Art Thou? from steve proffitt on...

The official unemployment rate now stands at 8.5%, and a private report released this week by the firm ADP estimates almost three-quarters of a million jobs lost between February and March. That would put total unemployment, as measured by...