More Than 1 Million People Have Lost Their Jobs in the United States in 2008
Carol Steinbrecher is a 55-year-old mother of three who, like many Americans, has spent most of her life working hard to provide the best for her family.
But today she is part of another group of Americans, one that is growing larger every day: the unemployed.
In the first ten months of this year, the nation's employers have cut nearly 1.2 million jobs and the unemployment rate is now at 6.5 percent, the highest it has been since March 1994. The Department of Labor released new data this... Full Story
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