Exploring the Link Between Unemployment and Poverty
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Unemployment hit record levels as businesses forced to shut down laid off workers.
As part of our special program helping launch WTTW’s “Firsthand: Living in Poverty” initiative, we take a look at a subject that has been at the forefront of the news for the past year: unemployment, which hit record levels as businesses forced to shut down laid off workers. Amanda Vinicky reports.
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Exploring the Link Between Unemployment and Poverty
Clip: 1/18/2021 | 5m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
As part of our special program helping launch WTTW’s “Firsthand: Living in Poverty” initiative, we take a look at a subject that has been at the forefront of the news for the past year: unemployment, which hit record levels as businesses forced to shut down laid off workers. Amanda Vinicky reports.
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