US unemployment at lowest since 2008 – but young people still can't find work

On Friday, the jobless rate dropped to 5.5%, the lowest in seven years. But youth unemployment is rising - and some young people need all the help they can get

Snow blanketed New York City on Thursday, and its streets quickly emptied. An occasional brave soul could be seen walking, head down, shoulders hunched against the wind. Offices cleared out early as the weather threatened the journey home, but behind the blue doors of a nondescript Manhattan building a group of young people were wishing they had jobs to leave.

The Door, in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood, is a nonprofit that helps people between the ages of 12 and 25 find jobs and get healthcare, legal help and qualifications. It helps about 10,000 young Americans a year.

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