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☆ Benedictine Sisters denounce Harrison Butker’s speech as his jersey sales rise
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( The Athletic Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementIn a statement released Friday, the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica said they “do not believe that Harrison Butker’s comments in his 2024 Benedictine College commencement address represent the Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts college that our founders envisioned and in which we have been so invested. “Instead of promoting unity in our church, our nation, and the world, his comments seem to have fostered division. These women have made a tremendous difference in the world in their roles as wives and mothers and through their God-given gifts in leadership, scholarship, and their careers.”The Benedictine Sisters are a founding institution and sponsor of Benedictine College, according to the Mount St. Scholastica website. Butker’s jersey sales appear to be rising significantly since he delivered the 20-minute speech. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)The NFL distanced itself from the ideas Butker expressed in his speech.

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☆ Opinion | Millennials and Gen Z Are Tilting Left and Staying There
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But the extent of that drift — of where it finally reaches — depends on where they start. But while they have gotten a little more conservative in the years since, it has been at a much slower rate than you’d expect. What’s more, the gap in the number of Millennials who identify as Democrats rather than Republicans is huge, with more than twice as many self-identified Democrats as Republicans. The next cohort on the roster, Gen Z, is even more liberal and Democratic than Millennials, and shows no indication of becoming substantially more conservative as it ages. Now, we should always be a little wary of talking about “generations” as uniform, monolithic or even particularly coherent.

Persons: Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Gen Xers, Reagan, Millennials —, —, Gen Organizations: Pew Research Center, Democratic, General Social Survey, Republicans

☆ 3 reasons short-form video is one of the best — and cheapest — marketing tools small businesses can use
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Erica Sweeney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Short-form videos can be produced easily and inexpensively and offer high levels of engagement. This is just one example of how the New Orleans education and management firm uses short-form videos. Short-form videos are typically between five and 90 seconds and are often used as Instagram reels and stories, TikTok videos, and YouTube shorts. A Sprout Social survey found that three in five consumers consider short-form videos the most engaging type of social content. Short-form videos are easy to produce with a smartphone, making them an inexpensive way for small businesses to reach social-media audiences.

Persons: SBOs, —, Krystal Allen, Allen, Vanessa Rissetto, it's, Vanessa, Rissetto, you've, that's Organizations: Small, Service, Allen Consulting Locations: New Orleans

☆ Americans are least likely to care about kids having good manners. Here's what they prioritize instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Overall, adults in the U.S. are least likely to say that kids having good manners is an especially important quality — just 52% of them said so in 2017, according to a report released this month by King's College London. That makes the U.S. the country least likely, of the 24 countries surveyed in recent years, to believe good manners are crucial for kids. It's also a stark contrast to the leading country, Egypt, where 96% of those surveyed said good manners should be a top parenting priority. Sixth-placed U.K. isn't far off, with 85% saying good manners were key. But even fewer U.S. adults said that obedience was a key quality for kids — in fact, it fell far behind in all countries compared with having good manners.

Persons: It's Organizations: King's College London, U.S, Survey, US Locations: U.S, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, Mexico, Australia

☆ Brits are the least likely to say work is important to their lives — and the U.S. isn't far behind
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It found that just 73% of Brits said work was either very or rather important to them, making the U.K. the country that is least likely to put work first. In the U.S., 75% of people said work is an important part of their life, putting the country in the fourth-lowest position. "Within the UK, there is a notable gender difference in responses, with men (28%) more likely than women (16%) to say work should always take priority," it noted. Only three countries are even less likely than the Brits to say work should not always come first: Australia, where 21% of people said this, Canada with 19% and Japan with 10%. This is in line with the countries' overall views on how important work is, the report said.

Persons: Brits Organizations: King's College London, U.S Locations: U.S, Brazil, France, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Japan, Nigeria, Egypt, Sweden, Norway

☆ Houses of Worship Shouldn’t Mirror the Class Divide
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Ryan Burge | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: Michael ByersOne of the most striking and consequential shifts in U.S. society over the last five decades is the increasing share of Americans who have abandoned religion. In 1972, just 5% of Americans reported that they had no religious affiliation, according to the General Social Survey. In 2021, that number had skyrocketed to nearly 30%. In 2020, the number of Americans who never attend religious services reached 75 million, while the number who attended weekly was 65 million, according to the Cooperative Election Study.

Persons: Michael Byers Organizations: General Social Survey

☆ Opinion | Why Barbie and Ken Need Each Other
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Between the middle of the 1970s and the late 2010s, in their responses to the General Social Survey, American women reported themselves to be steadily unhappier. They started out slightly unhappier than women and then made gains in the Reagan and Clinton years, while female happiness declined. But then male unhappiness plunged between the 9/11 era and Barack Obama’s re-election in 2012, before stabilizing a bit thereafter. By the pre-Covid period, the sexes were close to parity — sharing more reported unhappiness than either had been experiencing 30 or 40 years before. In 1970, just 9 percent of people ages 25 to 50 had never tied the knot; in 2018, it was 35 percent.

Persons: Obama, Clinton, Reagan, Barack Obama’s, Sam Peltzman Organizations: General Social Survey, Trump, University of Chicago

☆ What It’s Like to Be a Queer Teenager in America Today
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

teenagers, high school is a much more accepting place than even a decade ago. Their experiences highlight a “paradoxical finding,” as researchers have described it: Even as social inclusion for young L.G.B.T.Q. To better understand, we took a national poll and talked to two dozen high school students in five states. It’s a different world from when his older sister, Brianna Henderson, attended just seven years ago, when there were very few openly gay students. His home state has passed laws related to restroom use and sports participation for young transgender people.

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☆ China weighs giving single women IVF access to stem population decline
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Crucially, Chen could access in-vitro fertility (IVF) treatment legally in a private clinic. We have liberalized the policies here and I know a lot of single women are doing IVF." watch nowLiberalizing IVF nationwide could unleash more demand for fertility treatment in what is already the world's biggest market, straining limited fertility services. The NHC's Sichuan branch did not address questions from Reuters about whether it would offer IVF treatment to all women in public hospitals. Shanghai and the southern Guangdong province have also permitted unmarried women to register their children but IVF services for single women remain banned.

☆ The Culture War Behind Iran’s Protests
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Kian Tajbakhsh | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Iran’s feminist uprising poses a stark challenge to the Islamic regime that has held power since 1979. Since September the world media has been awash in images of men and women demonstrating in the streets. Indeed, the protesters’ opponents have more than power on their side; they have significant numbers, too. Most of the surveys that can be considered reliable show a slow liberalization of Iranian attitudes toward the imposition of religious values on society. But they also show the persistence of a significant minority—between 10% and 20% of the population—that favors a religious government, including the mandatory hijab.

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