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Jobs: Midwest Hit Hard

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Chelsea Wieber
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Many General Motors manufacturing jobs has moved overseas. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70205638@N00/506768914/">ifmuth (flickr)</a>
Many General Motors manufacturing jobs has moved overseas. Photo: ifmuth (flickr)

Guess which media outlet is offering an insightful "We the People" series covering unemployment in the Midwest and other pressing U.S. election-year issues? The Kansas City Star? Perhaps the Chicago Tribune or the New York Times? Try Al Jazeera.

In "Jobs," the Dubai-based publisher examines how Dayton, Ohio is dealing with unemployment after losing more than 250,000 jobs in the last eight years. Dayton has been hit hard by outsourcing of manufacturing jobs, rising employment and increased home foreclosures. As one person put it, "the people are here but the jobs are not."

Watch part one of Jobs: End of the Line on YouTube

Watch part two of Jobs: End of the Line on YouTube

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