What ‘Unemployment’ Numbers Hide — and Reveal

失业率数字背后隐藏与揭示的内容

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A national unemployment rate of 3.8% sounds healthy — but it hides big gaps: 6.2% for young Black workers, 12.1% for people with disabilities, and 22% for recent immigrants.
It counts only people actively looking for work — not those who gave up searching after months, or those working part-time but wanting full-time hours.

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