01/09/2009
Great Depression jobs parallel may not be far flung (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
When economists tell us the current U.S. slump could never turn into another Great Depression, they all point to one thing: one of four Americans was out of work in the 1930s.
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01/08/2009
Online Racial Discrimination Linked To Depression, Anxiety In Teens (Science Daily)
Educational psychologists says adolescents are increasingly experiencing both individual and vicarious discrimination online, which in turn triggers stress, depression and anxiety.
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01/08/2009
Recognizing Children's Successes In All Areas May Prevent Teenage Depression (Science Daily)
Students' successes in the first grade can affect more than their future report cards. In a new study researchers found links among students' weak academic performance in the first grade, self-perceptions in the sixth grade, and depression symptoms in the seventh grade.
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01/08/2009
Online racial discrimination linked to depression, anxiety in teens (EurekAlert!)
( University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ) Educational psychologist Brendesha Tynes says adolescents are increasingly experiencing both individual and vicarious discrimination online, which in turn triggers stress, depression and anxiety.
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01/08/2009
Recognizing children's successes in all areas may prevent teenage depression (EurekAlert!)
( University of Missouri-Columbia ) Students' successes in the first grade can affect more than their future report cards. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers found links among students' weak academic performance in the first grade, self-perceptions in the sixth grade, and depression symptoms in the seventh grade.
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01/08/2009
FDR policies fueled Depression (The Logan Herald Journal)
Will the government cause another Great Depression? I recently read a fascinating article about how the government caused the Great Depression through idiotic policies such as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff which raised tariffs on imports and caused other countries to do the same.
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01/08/2009
Barack Obama urges Congress to pass financial rescue package or face deep depression (Daily Telegraph)
PresidentElect Barack Obama says that the deepening American recession could last for years if Congress fails to approve swiftly his plan to pump at least 775 billion into the economy in the biggest financial rescue package since the Great Depression.
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01/08/2009
Online Racial Discrimination Linked to Depression, Anxiety in Teens (Newswise)
According to a new study published by a University of Illinois professor who studies race and the Internet, adolescents are increasingly experiencing both individual and vicarious discrimination online, which in turn triggers stress, depression and anxiety.
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01/08/2009
DEPRESSION DEALT WITH IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY: Author Terrie M. Williams presents 'The Open Book' on Broadway, in honor ... (Eurweb)
*New York, NY - Terrie M. Williams and Xavier Artis, co-founders of "Stay Strong: Healing Starts With Us" (HSWU) - a national campaign addressing depression in the Black community, announced today that it will present "The Open Book" on Broadway, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.
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01/09/2009
Portraits Taken by the Writer as a Young Woman (in Hard Times) (New York Times)
Eudora Welty?s photographs of Mississippi and Manhattan, now on view at the Museum of the City of New York, create a compelling record of Depression-era life.
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