Unemployment

NPR's Tamara Keith launches a year-long occasional series on unemployment, entitled "The Road Back to Work" tracking six St. Louis residents.We'll update…

NPR's Tamara Keith launches a year-long occasional series on unemployment, tracking six St. Louis residents.We’ll post links to each of the stories in the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 30, 2010 - I write this column on Dec. 28, 2010. One year ago to the day, I sat at this same…

As many Missourians wrap up a weekend marked by celebration and plenty, somewhere near 16% of the state's population struggles with food insecurity. And…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 8, 2010 - They're called 99ers: Americans who have been out of work for so long they won't…

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released data today about the state of unemployment over the past year for the St. Louis Mo.-Ill metropolitan area. We…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 2, 2010 - The overall unemployment rate in the St. Louis area held at 9.8 percent in December,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 4, 2009 - In the grand scheme of the nation's two-year recession, November's 10 percent…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 21, 2009 - It's 7:30 on a Monday morning, and men and women in their best business attire are…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 27, 2009 - In his quiet, measured way, James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of…