Student Loans Getting A Degree In Defaulting

As more people defaulted with their students loans in the first three months of 2013, many are wondering when this bubble will pop. The student loan crisis can be compared to the mortgage and housing crisis just a few years ago. What we learned then was how damaging the aftershocks of this...
Student Loans Getting A Degree In Defaulting

New York City Adopts Jobless Anti-Discrimination Law

On Wednesday  New York City voted to approve a bill which would prohibit employers from discriminating against those job seekers and applicants who are unemployed. In three months New York City will join three other cities across the United States making such Jobless Anti-Discrimination Laws....
New York City Adopts Jobless Anti-Discrimination Law

Suicide Prevention: How Do We Stop The Epidemic?

Suicide has become a leading cause of death and a world-wide epidemic. There are over a 100 death by suicides per day within the United States, and a recent study links a rise in unemployment rates to a rise in suicides almost 1:1. Suicidal thoughts, also known as ideations, are estimated to...
Suicide Prevention: How Do We Stop The Epidemic?

Europeans Protest Austerity Measures and Rising Unemployment

By Georgianna Reilly, L.M.S.W. SJS Staff Writer America has it bad, this was made clear by both parties in the election. But, one needs to only look across the Atlantic Ocean to see that we could in fact be much worse off. According to BBC news the Eurozone (The 17-nation block that makes up...
Europeans Protest Austerity Measures and Rising Unemployment