We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, February 5, 2012

US unemployment “progress”

Click here to access article by Cardiff Garcia from Financial Times (probably lies behind a registration wall.)
 
  




In mainstream media much has been made about the recent Department of Labor statistics regarding the improvement in unemployment. This graph and article corrects this false impression.

See also this excellent broader article from Veterans Today on the unemployment scene in the US entitled, "How’s That 'Change' Working Out For You?"