Disabled People Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine
The disabled community has responded to the adversities they face by organizing for legal rights that protect their autonomy and access to public life. But these rights are increasingly under attack.
Today's NY Times has a good article about the real level of unemployment. Although the headline, "Part-Time Workers Mask Unemployment Woes," sounds like it could be a story about undiagnosed depression (psychological, not economic), it actually gives a pretty good explanation of why the official unemployment rate doesn't tell the real story.
You can read a much better article about "The Real Unemployment Rate" in the current issue of Dollars & Sense.