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Clemons: Hindery Report on Effective Unemployment: 19.2%

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Each month when I get the official unemployment figures from the US government, I quickly search in my inbox for a note from former cable network CEO and senior economic adviser in the John Edwards and Barack Obama campaigns Leo Hindery who sends me... Full Article at New America Blogs

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  1. People shop for food at the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf in Burlington, Vt. , Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Around Vermont, demand is up at food shelves as Vermonters lose jobs, try to make ends meet on unemployment and struggle with heating, food and fuel costs.
  2. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23:  Job seekers attend the 'Operation: Hire Veterans Career Fair' sponsored by the Department of Labor at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum November 23, 2009 in New York City. The job fair was expected to attract at least 2,500 applicants as the economy continues to sputter.
  3. SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 23:  A worker walks by near empty shelves in the warehouse at the San Francisco Food Bank November 23, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
  4. LONG BEACH, CA - NOVEMBER 20:  Job seekers attend the Long Beach Mega Diversity Career Fair at the First Congregational Church on November 20, 2009 in Long Beach, California. Unemployment rose in 29 US states and the District of Columbia during October according to a government report today.
  5. GLENDALE, CA - NOVEMBER 16:  A worker cleans a new car at Star Ford car dealership on November 16, 2009 in Glendale California. US retail auto sales were up 1.4 percent, higher than analysts expected in October, suggesting that the economy continues to recover even as unemployment climbs.
  6. Kerry Burns of Coventry, R.I. , left, confers with Elizabeth Edwards, senior fellow, Center for American Progress, and wife of former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, as they testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, before the Senate Administrative Oversight and the Court...
  7. WASHINGTON - JULY 28:  Elizabeth Edwards, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progerss Action Fund and wife of former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), testifies before the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law about health care reform on Captiol Hill July 28, 2009 in Washington,...
  8. SALISBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 04:  Voting Clerk John Edwards waits for voters outside a caravan used as polling station in the European and local elections on June 4 2009 in Salisbury, England.
  9. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 12:  Buttons with the image of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards are just some of the merchandise available at Political Americana's inaugural store near the White House December 12, 2008 in Washington, DC.

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