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“Less bad” or a true sign of recovery?

Jobless rates are still rising, with states like Michigan and California reporting ranks of the unemployed exceeding ten percent for the first time since World War II. So how could things actually be slowly improving? Looking at the NPR unemployment map, which organizes the May numbers released today state-by-state, the picture doesn’t look good. The [...]

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The people in your neighborhood

We all wonder about our neighbors – whether it’s looking through lit up windows during a walk around the block, or getting curious about where and why they are moving when we see for-sale signs. Patchwork Nation introduces us to 12 different types of communities and how they are coping with the recession. During the [...]

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