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Berlum

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:17 AM Dec 2012

Les Misérables: After Recession, More Young Adults Are Living on the Street - NYT

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From today's The New York Times - 12/19/12

Across the country, tens of thousands of underemployed and jobless young people, many with college credits or work histories, are struggling to house themselves in the wake of the recession, which has left workers between the ages of 18 and 24 with the highest unemployment rate of all adults.

Those who can move back home with their parents — the so-called boomerang set — are the lucky ones. But that is not an option for those whose families have been hit hard by the economy...

These young adults are the new face of a national homeless population, one that poverty experts and case workers say is growing.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/us/since-recession-more-young-americans-are-homeless.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121219&_r=0

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Les Misérables: After Recession, More Young Adults Are Living on the Street - NYT (Original Post) Berlum Dec 2012 OP
Film opens on Christmas Day, December 25. Link to the official film trailer Berlum Dec 2012 #1
NY Times short video on working poor-homeless youths Berlum Dec 2012 #2
“Not being heard is no reason for silence.” - Victor Hugo Berlum Dec 2012 #3
"A soul for a piece of bread. Misery makes the offer; society accepts. " - V. Hugo Berlum Dec 2012 #4
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