Nearly 2 million Americans are dealing with long-term unemployment

People out of work for 27 weeks or more accounted for 27.3% of total joblessness in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employers added 57,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2%, from 4.3% in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report released earlier this month. But the BLS report indicated another trend impacting millions of Americans: long-term unemployment.