MICHELLE FAVERIO , JEFFREY GOTTFRIED , KAITLYN RADDE , CHRIS BARONAVSKI and SARA ATSKE, Research Staff - Pew Research Center
Stephan:
I think it must be harder and lonelier to be a teenager today than when I was a teenager, particularly for teenage girls. The internet and social media are a very mixed bag Here is what Pew Research Center has discovered on this issue.
Why parents say it’s harder being a teen today
There are big debates about how teenagers are faring these days. And technology’s impact is often at the center of these conversations.
Prominent figures, including the U.S. Surgeon General, have been vocal about the harmful effects technology may be having on young people.
These concerns ring true for the parents in our survey. A majority blame technology – and especially social media – for making teen life more difficult.
Among parents who say it’s harder being a teen today, about two-thirds cite technology in some way. This includes 41% who specifically name social media.
While some mention social media in broad terms, others bring up specific experiences that teens may have on these platforms, such as feeling pressure to act or look a certain way or having negative interactions there. Parents also call out the downsides of being constantly connected through social media.
How we did this
“Social media is a scourge for society, especially for teens. They can’t escape social pressures and are constantly bombarded by images and content that makes them feel insecure and […]
I have been telling you for years now that Florida is heading for a massive crisis because of climate change and large parts of the state are going underwater. In part this is because the people of Florida elected such an incompetent governor and legislature of racist MAGAt christofascists who are doing far too little to prepare for climate change. Here is the latest in this trend.
Nearly 90 percent of the 20,000-plus units listed for sale in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade are in buildings aged 30 years and above
Real estate expert and realtor Steven Kupchan has revealed what he thinks the ‘worst case scenario’ would be as the costs of condos have soared, especially in southern Florida.
Kupchan, an agent for One Sotheby’s International Realty, told DailyMail.com he thinks the Florida housing market will become severely affected and cause an intense domino effect.
‘In the worst-case scenario, a significant number of condo associations could go bankrupt due to the inability to cover the costs of necessary repairs and maintenance,’ Kuplan said.
‘This could lead to widespread foreclosures, plummeting property values, and a ripple effect throughout the local real estate market.
Shondiiin Silversmith, Navajo Journalist - AZ Mirror
Stephan:
I confess I had not realized the impact on Native Americans cause by the decision of the christofascist Supreme Court Majority. Here is the story.
An American flag with an image of Native American on it is attached to a fence outside a home in the East To’Hajiilee housing community amid the spread of the coronavirus on May 25, 2020, in To’Hajiilee Indian Reservation, New Mexico. Credit: Sam Wasson | Getty
With the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that now requires potential voters to provide proof of citizenship with their state-created voter registration forms, Indigenous voting rights advocates want Indigenous people to know that they can still register to vote as tribal citizens.
Patty Ferguson-Bohnee said that Indigenous people living in Arizona who are enrolled in a federally recognized tribe can use their tribal identification numbers to prove their citizenship.
“As long as a tribal member is an enrolled member of their tribe, they can use that tribal ID number to register on the state form, and that will prove citizenship for purposes of voter registration,” she said, adding that it’s because all Indigenous peoples were declared citizens of the United States in 1924.
This essay by a retired newsman closely reflects my own feelings: What happened to journalists in the United States that they treat this election like a horse race between equals. It is nothing like that. Who could have imagined in the over two centuries of our nation’s history that in the third decade of the 21st century one of the candidates would be a convicted rapist, multiple felon, multiple-bankrupt traitor, and con artist, committed along with the party putting him forward to ending our democracy, and that this would not be the biggest story since the Second World War? I read The New York Times, and The Washington Post and all the other major newspapers, and watch MSNBC, CNN, and Fox Propaganda. With the possible exception of Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell, none of them are covering the news correctly. And, as a country, we are very much the worse for journalism’s failure.
We need to talk about the abominable headline below: Trump Can Win on Character, and how it is we have come to the fatal point where The New York Times and our broken mainstream media seem to need the America-attacking Donald Trump a helluva lot more than the America-attacking Donald Trump seems to need The New York Times and our broken mainstream media.
Aside from platforming maniacal, caustic headlines topping spurious content like the one above (which I promise to get to in a minute), this newspaper’s inability to spot the biggest news story of our lifetimes, and treat it with the heft it deserves, is journalistic […]
Here is the first report I have seen on something I had suspected but not been able to find reliable data on. I see this trend as yet another function of what is happening to the United States because of our grotesque wealth inequality and the reality that as a culture we have no social priority more important than greed and profit. If this is to end we must once again become a society where fostering wellbeing is social goal and purpose. In November, we are going to find out which path we will go down.
Illustration: Lindsey Bailey / Axios
The share of Americans moving has reached its lowest in history — and it doesn’t look like it’s climbing back up anytime soon.
Why it matters: Moving — across town, across the state and across the country — for new jobs and better lives was once a common part of American life. Now, staying put longer is the norm.
By the numbers: In the 1960s, around 1 in 5 Americans moved each year, according to the Brookings Institution.
As of 2022, that’s fallen to 8.7% — even accounting for the pandemic-era moves out of big coastal cities and into places like the Sun Belt.
Breaking it down: A collision of key demographic, social and economic trends is driving the decline, William Frey, senior demographer at Brookings, tells Axios.
