Soaring Joblessness Could Shake Politics for Years

“The United States is facing a political and economic challenge like nothing it has seen in nearly 100 years,” the Washington Post reports.

“Mass unemployment on a scale not seen since the Great Depression has erased the economic gains of the past decade and now threatens to linger for years, fueling social discord and shaking an already polarized political system.”

“Almost overnight, it seems, the U.S. economy, which just two months ago boasted abundant jobs and soaring stock values, has become a shambles. Not since the government began collecting official data in 1948 has a smaller share of the U.S. population been employed.”