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Monday, May 12, 2008

Thanks to television, most of us know what the inside of a therapist’s office looks like. But millions of real-life Americans with depression never seek treatment. Terrie Williams, author of Black Pain, shares her own experience with depression and her thoughts on why African Americans resist therapy. Plus, venture capital and rent stabilization.

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Rent Destabilized

Gretchen Morgenson, assistant business and financial editor and columnist at The New York Times, and Ben Dulchin, deputy director of the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, discuss the impact of investment companies on New York’s rent stabilized housing stock.

Then, Frank Ricci of ...

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Out of the Shadows

Terrie Williams, author of Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting talks about her book, and PBS's upcoming special Depression: Out of the Shadows.

EVENT: Terrie Williams will be participating in a panel discussion alongside Larkin McPhee, director of Depression: Out of ...

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In Vito Veritas

Representative Vito Fossella faces an uncertain future. We discuss the latest and the larger question of private life and public performance with Richard M. Flanagan, Associate Professor of Political Science at College of Staten Island.

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A New Day for Newsday?

Rick Edmonds, media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a non-profit school for journalists, and Vishesh Kumar, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, talk about Cablevision's purchase of Newsday.

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Outposts: Sign Language

When you visit a country that is new to you, or in this case, a continent that is new to me, there are often a few aspects that stand out. For me it was signs. Jere are a few of Uganda's signs of the times.

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Outposts: Compounding Truth

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It’s the sort of stuff you read about in the news and see photos of on TV, so I’m not sure that I can reverse any desensitization that many of us feel when we see stories about HIV/AIDS, but this particular day changed ...

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