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There is Nothing Like This, But I Have Faith

I was laid off from my job about three months ago. Unemployment today is unlike anything I have experienced in my lifetime. First of all, it was completely unexpected. Another major adjustment was to get used to a check of $494 biweekly and $25 worth of food stamps per month. Unfortunately, since I...

Families Like Ours Need Help

The loss of my husband's job could not have come at a worst time for us. I work part-time at a supermarket, and the way the economy is my hours were further cut. The unemployment checks we received helped a great deal, and we were able to survive. But our nightmare began after the year was up, and...

Let's Count Our Blessings But Help Our Neighbor

With great joy and excitement I am preparing my home for the Thanksgiving holiday. I am thankful for countless blessings. My son David and his family will be here. My sisters and their husbands will join us to celebrate. While I go through my shopping list, my mind races to the images of people,...

Stephen King, can you write about losing unemployment insurance?

This Halloween, we asked MomsRising members to share their stories of the scary job market and the response was, indeed, frightening. We received over a hundred stories from all across the country sharing the trauma of not being able to find work during a time in which there's only one job opening...