mother jones article on ohio

“How many of you have summer jobs?” Erin asks her afternoon batch of about 30 eighth-graders. Lots of them put their hands up. When she asks them how many have jobs because they’re working for family farms or businesses, most of those with their hands up keep them raised. Job growth in this county is -0.16 percent. One 14-year-old without those kinds of family connections explains he’s been looking, he’s looking, but no, he doesn’t have a job. When I ask him why, he pauses, surprised for a second, then says, “No jobs to be had.”

Awesome article articulating everything I see daily, as a 22-yr-old Ohioan who grew up in Cleveland, went to school in Athens, and now lives in Columbus. Bonus: our very own Andrew Spear took the photographs :)

Oct

17

2011

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