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10 Reasons Why It Has Become So Soul-Crushingly Difficult To Find A Job In America Today

By Guest PostFebruary 13, 2011Economyadvances in technology, Barack Obama, China, economic benefit, economic downturn, Economy, find a job, food and drug administration, gallup, globalism, middle class, mortgage, rene sommer, robot, soul crushing, taxation, today, trade deficit, u s, unemployed, unemployed worker, united states, war zones

Have you been unemployed lately? If so, then you probably know how frustrating it is to try to find a job in the United States today. It now takes the average unemployed worker about 33 weeks to find a job. There are millions of Americans that have not been able to find a full-time job even after searching hard for an entire year. Some areas of the United States have been devastated so badly by the economic downturn that they are starting to resemble war zones.

Unless you have been there, it is hard to even try to describe the extreme frustration that one feels when you are unable to pay the mortgage and feed your family. It can be absolutely soul-crushing. But it is not the fault of those who are unemployed. The truth is that our economy is dying and it is not producing nearly enough jobs anymore. Unfortunately, as you will see from the facts listed below, most of the things that are causing our economy to die have no realistic chance of being changed any time soon.

The following are 10 reasons why it has become so insanely difficult to find a job in America today…. (more…)

Urban Psychology: Is Your City Led by Heart or Head?

By Guest PostOctober 26, 2010Culture, GeneralBarack Obama, character, christopher peterson, cities, economic and political consequences, el paso, head strong cities, heart cities, John McCain, nansook park, psychology, university of michigan, urban psychology, us cities

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Is your character shaped by where you live—or vice versa?

University of Michigan psychology researchers found that some cities lead with their heart—emotional and interpersonal strengths—while others lead with their head—intellectual and self-oriented strengths.

They also found such distinctions are also related to economic and political consequences. (more…)

Study Shows Black Youth are Politically Involved, Critical of Rap Music and Skeptical of a Post–Racial Society

By Guest PostOctober 24, 2010Culture, Politics21st century, american politics, Barack Obama, black youth, black youth project, cathy cohen, ford foundation, knowledge networks, latinos, mary winton, politically involved, post racial era, rap music, robert wood johnson foundation, same-sex marriage, stereotypes, videos

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Many of the assumptions people have about black youth — that they are politically detached and negatively influenced by rap music and videos—are false stereotypes, according to a new University of Chicago study by

Prof. Cathy Cohen, based on surveys and conversations with the youth themselves.

Black youth say they are politically involved, critical of many messages in rap and skeptical of the idea that the country has entered a post–racial era. They also are socially conservative on political issues such same–sex marriage, said Cohen, the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science and lead researcher of the study. (more…)

50 Years of the Peace Corps: U-M Students Helped JFK Change World

By Guest PostSeptember 24, 20101 commentGeneral, Politicsalan guskin, Barack Obama, chester bowles, harris wofford, john f kennedy, peace corps, richard nixon, sargent shriver, tom hayden, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— From John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama, presidents have challenged University of Michigan students to change the world. In Kennedy’s case, the transformation was rapid and enduring: The Peace Corps was born.

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Holland Leaves Afghanistan. Who’s Next?

By PravdaAugust 3, 2010Politics3-d strategy, afghan war, afghanistan, Barack Obama, david cameron, dutch contingent, Holland, isaf, joseph blotz, kabul, mikhail saakashvili, military experience, nato, peter van uhm, talibs, the netherlands, uruzgan province

Holland became the first NATO member to complete its mission within the scope of the international anti-terrorist coalition in Afghanistan. Holland was controlling the Uruzgan province; now the control has been officially handed over to US and Australian forces.

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Troops in Afghanistan Had Special Group to Exterminate “Terrorists”

By PravdaJuly 27, 2010Politicsafghanistan, air missiles, al qaeda, americans, Barack Obama, coalition troops, der Spiegel, french troops, guardian, iran, lisa karpova, new york times, Pakistan, pravda, taliban, White House, wikileaks

Hundreds of civilians were killed without public and official knowledge by coalition troops in Afghanistan. Secret plans to kill leaders of the extremist Taliban and Al Qaeda and the discussion of the alleged involvement of Iran and Pakistan in supporting the insurgents were recurring themes for military leaders.

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Spy Incident May Resurrect Cold War Between USA and Russia

By PravdaJuly 5, 20101 commentPoliticsBarack Obama, cia, cold war, dmitry medvedev, fbi, illegals, moscow, nuclear safety, russian spies, sergei lavrov, start, svr, thinktanks, Twitter, united states, Washington, world trade organization, wto

The arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies in the United States suggests that Washington and Moscow are predestined to be eternal adversaries in a Cold War without end, despite a slight respite. Kindnesses and courtesies seemed to give the world hope for achieving the long sought after social peace sought after among all the peoples of all mankind.

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U.S. Politics on Facebook

By ShamsJune 3, 2010TechnologyBarack Obama, Facebook, us politics

Facebook has just launched U.S. Politics page in an effort to bring all the U.S. (and later the World) politicians under its umbrella. 🙂

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