Scenes from Iowa's recession

They arrive at Gray's Lake Park in the morning, basking on borrowed time of a mild mid-November, realizing the winter can arrive any day like layoffs without warning.

They are the unemployed, strolling with friends, partners or retirees, or sometimes alone. Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone knows someone else out of work in what some call "The Second Depression."

They are neighbors, acquaintances, family members, colleagues, friends. ... Full Story »

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Dan Kennedy
4.6
by Dan Kennedy - Nov. 28, 2009

An outstanding piece of journalism on unemployment in Iowa. It backs up its anecdotes with hard data to a degree that is unusual. At least in the online version of this story, the photography should have received better play.

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