Norman Solomon wrote in a recent op-ed piece:
Statistics might not lie — but they easily go flat as wallpaper when high unemployment is routine.
On paper or screen, the latest jobless numbers look tidy and self-contained. But in real life, for many individuals and families, the effects of unemployment are messy, sprawling and devastating.
High jobless rates have become normalized, with the most painful effects often hidden in plain sight. Unemployment brings anguish in human terms that statistics don’t convey.
Click here for the complete article, which appeared in The Press Democrat newspaper based in Santa Rosa, California.