The Brooklyn Ink

Unemployed workers compete for census jobs

The unemployed, who had heard that there was work to be found as census takers, began arriving to take their tests at noon. One by one they rang the bell at Community Board 8’s office [...]

Unemployed Compete for Census Jobs

The unemployed, who had heard that there was work to be found as census takers, began arriving to take their tests at noon.

Jobless suffer despite employment rise

By Amanda Julius After losing her job in January, Esther Coleman became a statistic. She is now one of the 20,000 Americans who were laid off last month even as national unemployment dropped from 10 [...]

Blogging Unemployment

How one jobless Brooklynite has created a community of “unemployeds” online.