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By the time you finish reading this magazine, 500 more American families will be out of work. Headlines around the country report the devastation:
* "Lives Unraveled"--Kannapolis, North Carolina, is decimated when 4,800 families are left jobless in the wake of the closing of the Pillowtex textile mill. Charles Morris labored at Pillowtex for 36 years and is now unable to find work: "It's been terrible. I've job searched, but I haven't been able to find anything." Left without health insurance for himself or his wife, and under the stress of being unemployed, Mr. Morris broke down while visiting his doctor--who was generously treating Morris pro bono.
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