(Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Chasing the Dream and Next Avenue.) By Richard Eisenberg An anthropology professor might not be the first person you’d think of to research the ways job hunters look for work…
By Richard Eisenberg, Money & Work Editor, Next Avenue Have you seen Elizabeth White's TEDx talk yet? It’s based on White’s book, Fifty-five Unemployed and Faking Normal, which sprang out of a Next Avenue essay she wrote in 2016. Her TEDx talk has…
Suffolk County has the highest number of veterans in New York State. How do veterans face the job market and high cost of living on LI upon returning home? As a part of our reporting initiative Chasing the Dream, Poverty…
At 4.3 percent, the unemployment rate is at its lowest level since 2001. But left out of this figure are people who are working part time or fewer hours than they desire -- - the underemployed. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker…
In 1976, Atlantic City became the first place outside Nevada to legalize casinos. Voices from Atlantic City tells the story of the rise and fall of the gambling mecca from the perspective of local stakeholders - card dealers, cocktail waitresses,…
Youngstown, Ohio is an upper-midwest city that has come to symbolize the nation’s distress of deindustrialization with high unemployment and crime rates. But after decades of decline, the city has plans to rebuild, remove blight and attract employers. On issues…