Here in the United States, the radio airways are owned by the citizens and broadcasters must apply to the Federal Communications Commission for licenses in order to use them. To receive a license, the station must prove their programming is in the “public interest.”
Depression isn’t a one-size-fits-all illness. Just like a rash or heart disease, depression can take many forms. As you’ll see, there’s a cluster of symptoms that are typically present, but one person’s experience of depression often differs from another’s. Definitions of depression — and the therapies designed to ease this disease’s grip — also continue to evolve.
What is major depression?
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund applauds the Department of Justice’s ruling on the state of Texas’ application for re-clearance of its voter identification law:
Some City Islanders have expressed their concern over multiple power failures over the past couple of days. Ironically, this occurs while Con Edison's Green Team plans to host an energy efficiency summit in New York for commercial and industrial building owners looking to make their properties more energy efficient and connect with hundreds of experts on saving energy in May.
UN UNSUCCESSFUL IN SYRIA. What's Next Intervention?
GOP VOTING. Mississippi and Alabama Impact.
AFGHANISTAN PULLOUT. In Consideration.
FEBRUARY RETAIL SALES. Increase.
US vs CHINA. Law Suit.
TUESDAY, March 13th, 7:00pm
The National Jazz Museum Presents
a Women's History Month Special
In Good Time, The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland
Huey, 2011, 87 min.
SATURDAY, March 17th, 7:30pm
Under the Influence of Lava 1&2
The First Element of Hip Hop
Urban Writers In the Streets of New York
60 mins., 2012
SUNDAY, March 18th, 7:30 pm
Keelings Caribbean Showcase
Curated by Keeling Beckford
The Story of Lovers Rock
Menelik Shabazz, 2011, 101 min.
THURSDAY, March 22nd
through SUNDAY, March 25th, 7:30pm
Sing Your Song
The UN says civilians continue to bear the brunt of violence in Syria, this was the assessment made by the head of the United Nations-appointed panel probing human rights abuses in the country, noting that the use of force by the military against armed groups has often led to collective punishment.
Those killed over the past year since the pro-democracy uprising began include more than 500 children, Paulo Pinheiro, chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told the UN Human Right Council in Geneva.
If you have ever had the pleasure of traveling to Japan and also to Puerto Rico, you may agree with the following words, which may clear up a few misconceptions.
" The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds."
The calendar says we're in March, but these temperatures feel more like May.
On the heels of the fourth-warmest winter on record, unseasonably high temperatures this week will soar to as much as 35 degrees higher than expected, while hundreds of weather records will be likely set from the nation' Midwest to the Northeast.
When it comes to flowers and plants, the warmth will accelerate spring.
This weather pattern has already begun in some spots: For example, here in NYC, temperatures peaked at 71 degrees, tying a record that had stood since 1890.