Brenda Frierson of Chicago contributes to today’s high unemployment rates – 9.7 percent nationally, 10.9 percent in Chicago, 11.4 percent in Illinois – but she faces more than a statistical obstacle in her job search: she is a single mother.
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Brenda Frierson of Chicago contributes to today’s high unemployment rates – 9.7 percent nationally, 10.9 percent in Chicago, 11.4 percent in Illinois – but she faces more than a statistical obstacle in her job search: she is a single mother.