About The Recession Diaries
From finance to foreclosures, layoffs and lack of opportunity, a daily journal of the economic crisis and its effect on black professionals.
2009All SEPTEMBER POSTS (19)
Are Recessions Good For Your Health?
A new study argues that there may be health benefits to being unemployed and broke.
Debtors Revolt Against Banking Industry
Ann Minch took to YouTube to complain about Bank of America boosting her interest rate on her credit card to a whooping 30 percent. Should more credit card users follow her lead and take on the banking industry?
The Screwed Generation
More than half of the people between the ages of 16 to 24 are unemployed. What might that mean for them and America’s future?
When Did Tijuana Become More Appealing Than Texas?
The number of foreign born residents in the country has hit a 40-year-low. Even if you’re Lou Dobbs doing border control, isn’t that a bad sign for the country?
Serving Soup When Your Employment Status Sucks
Some claim the recession has paved the way for a boost in volunteerism, others say it’s put a damper on everyone’s goodwill. Regardless of the true outcome, has the economy made you want to go out and give a little more?
Fight To Keep Your Home
Facing foreclosure? Fret not…at least as not much as you think. There may be hope for you to keep your home.
I Don't Want To Learn From A Drug Dealer
We get it already: Drug dealers are cool, they’re ruthless, and they make more profit than the next small business owner. Now can we talk about something else now?
I'd Rather Laugh At Your Poll Numbers Than The Recession
Recession jokes are about as funny as an unemployment check, so why is Texas governor Rick Perry attempting to make other rich people laugh while his constituents suffer?
Is Now The Time For Revolution?
The French wants the world to change how it measures GDP. Is their motivation rooted in them lagging behind us, or are they on to something on how we factor economic growth…and our own happiness?
The Recession Is Over; It's Just That You Won't Have a Job.
The Federal Reserve chairman says the recession is “very likely” over so why I am certainly still pessimistic?
The Goods At Goodwill
With customers flocking to Goodwill for clothes, has the recession help further diminish the stigma associated with second hand stores?
Weed For The Financial Win?
More of your neighbors are channeling their inner drug dealers to make the rent. Should they be locked up or should the government finally end the futile fight against marijuana and allow people to make a living?
Banks Go For (The) Broke
In an effort to keep up with their profit margins, the banking industry has looked to the pawn shops of America on how to run their businesses.
Can We Be Broke On TV, Too?
Network executives are in a rush to introduce new sitcoms with plots that center on the ailing economy. The transparency is appreciated, but hey, is it too late to add some color to the mix?
Cash Strapped Students Seal Their Eternal Damnation
With many parents either living check to check or completely tapped out, college students are turning to loans to cover tuition at an accelerated rate. Will a generation of college graduates grow to resent the cost of their education?
