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☆ The Primary Breadwinner Is Disappearing From More Homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Julia Carpenter | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nearly a third of marriages today have no primary breadwinner, as women continue to make strides toward greater equality at work and home. About 30% of U.S. opposite-sex marriages are egalitarian in earnings, according to new data from Pew Research Center, meaning each spouse earns somewhere between 40% and 60% of the couples’ joint earnings. One of the main drivers of the shift is younger women making more money, said Pew.

☆ More women are out-earning their husbands, but still picking up a heavier load at home
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

watch nowMore women are becoming breadwinners, but the division of labor at home has barely budged, a new report found. Women are achieving increasing levels of education, making them more likely to out-earn their husbands, according to Richard Fry, a senior researcher at Pew. But as women's financial contributions increase, they still pick up a heavier load when it comes to household chores and caregiving responsibilities, the report also found. Age, race and family size also play a role, the Pew report found, with Black women more likely to be the breadwinners, as well as older women and women without children. In marriages where husbands and wives earn about the same, women spend roughly 2 hours more a week on caregiving and about 2½ hours more on housework, according to the Pew data.

☆ My 15-year dependent relationship with social media has become a health problem—here's how I'm breaking the habit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

When I used a fake birthday to create a Facebook account at age 9, I didn't know I'd eventually become dependent on social media. I'm setting goals that are 'realistic' and 'specific'Limiting your social media use only works if you're consistent about it. I'm down to seven and a half hours on social media per day on weekends, almost half of my original 14. I've also lost 12 pounds since January by replacing some of my social media time with being active and making healthy meals. "You get the chance to actually engage with the world a little bit better [when you limit social media use].

☆ ICON prepares to build on the lunar surface. But first, a moonshot at home
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Casey Dunn/ICONA thread running through ICON’s work is building homes for disadvantaged people, including accommodation for the long-term homeless, often in collaboration with non-profits. Bailey suggested the success of 3D-printed housing could hinge on how it is perceived by prospective residents. Instead of Lavacrete, ICON is experimenting with using lunar regolith, the mineral-rich dust and rock that covers the moon’s surface. ICON's Project Olympus will see a construction system built by the company on the moon later this decade. Apis CorCOBOD is responsible for what it claims is the tallest 3D-printed building in the world, a three-story house in Saudi Arabia.

☆ Most Americans are not confident in how China's Xi will handle world affairs, Pew survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Meanwhile, Xi has consolidated his power in China and is seeking to to bolster China's global influence. It is unclear how aware Pew survey respondents were of such world events and developments. Economic cooperationU.S.-China cooperation on economic matters was one of two areas in which Pew survey respondents remained more optimistic. General pessimismPew survey respondents mostly did not see areas of potential cooperation between the U.S. and China. Certainly not the climate," the Pew report said, citing a 25-year-old unnamed woman who participated in a focus group.

☆ What Are People Even Doing All Day?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Malia Wollan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

For Laroi, there is no clearly defined day or night. Sometimes he drives all night and sleeps all day; sometimes he sleeps all day and drives all night. One day a week, Sophie works late so she can meet with far-flung colleagues in real time. Now she has enough energy left at the end of the day to go grocery shopping and cook dinner. The time markers reflect the time of day when participants told an interviewer they would normally be doing the activity shown.

☆ Lower income Americans are the group most likely to think they should be taxed more
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lower-income Americans were the group most likely to say they should be taxed more, according to the Pew Research Center. 72 million households didn't pay federal income taxes last year. Married couples — under the age of 65 — filing jointly owe no federal taxes if they make under $25,900 annually. Disruptions from Covid have also increased the share of low-income households paying no federal income taxes. That's 72 million households paying no federal income taxes, with about a third of them headed by someone aged 65 years or older.

DEI executive Netta Jenkins says women typically overlook their 401(k) match or family care benefits. Jenkins adds that women of color are less likely to trust HR and speak openly about their benefits. Here are three workplace benefits that Jenkins says women often overlook — and how to take advantage of them. Expense reimbursementsJenkins adds that expense reimbursements, like the cost of parking or travel, can cause friction for women in the workplace — especially women of color. Some women of color care for both.

☆ How long should you support your adult children? Parents — and their kids — weigh in
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

And, as it turns out, kids and parents don’t agree on just when exactly that time should be. Baby Boomer and Gen X parents beg to differ, saying their kids should pony up starting at age 21. The Bankrate survey doesn’t specify how many respondents are living with their parents or, conversely, their adult children. Nearly 7 in 10 parents with children 18 or older said they have made a financial sacrifice to help their grown-up kids, according to the survey. Low-income parents — defined as those making $50,000 or less a year — were most likely to say they have made financial sacrifices to help their adult children.

☆ Working from home: The latest on who is WFH and who isn't
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In other words, 72.5% of private-sector organizations — up from 60% in the July-to-September 2021 period — said they did not have employees working remotely. The BLS survey also interpreted respondents’ answers as referring to a company’s formal telework policies, not whether some employees informally work remotely on occasion, such as responding to work emails from home. The same survey respondents said their employers plan to allow employees to work remotely 2.2 days a week, for those who can. “I have talked to hundreds of organizations about WFH [working from home] over the past three weeks, and this is now clearly stabilizing to a post-pandemic norm,” he said in an email. In Pew’s February survey, 35% of people who could work remotely were doing so full time, down from 55% in October 2020, but still well above the 7% of people working remotely full-time before the pandemic.

☆ Gary Vaynerchuk to managers: Forget a 4-day workweek. If you want to make your people happy, fire the jerks.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Gary Vaynerchuk said companies should fire the "assholes" creating "toxic" work environments. He has also said recently that companies need to appeal to Gen Z better, given their many work options. In TikToks posted this week, Vaynerchuk railed against "toxic work environments," slamming companies for retaining employees and management that compromise the "joy" of their staff members. "Joy doesn't come from four-hour workweeks," Vaynerchuk said in one video, seeming to reference the current movement for a four-day workweek. And Vaynerchuk is betting that people also want to be treated right while on the clock.

☆ Uganda’s anti-gay bill is the latest and worst to target LGBTQ Africans
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Aditi Bhandari | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +14 min

Same-sex activity in Africa is punishable by … Map of the 32 African countries where same-sex activity is illegal. Same-sex activity in Africa … Map of the 22 African countries where same-sex activity is legal. In 1993, Guinea-Bissau became the first African country to legalise LGBTQ activity when it adopted a new Penal Code that didn’t include any laws criminalising it. Country Constitutional protection Broad protections Employment Hate crime Incitement Marriage or civil union Adoption Angola No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Botswana No No Yes No No No No Cape Verde No No Yes Yes No No No Gabon No No No No No No No Guinea-Bissau No No No No No No No Lesotho No No No No No No No Mozambique No No Yes No No No No Sao Tome and Principe No No Yes Yes No No No Seychelles No No Yes No No No No South Africa Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes YesNote: Broad protections include laws protecting against discrimination in at least 3 of 4 categories: the provision of goods and services, housing, healthcare and education. Namibia and Mauritius criminalise same-sex activity, but around 35% of respondents said they would dislike having a gay neighbour.

☆ 8 sustainability experts on the front lines share concrete reasons to be hopeful about the climate crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Lily Katzman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

It's common to have mixed feelings about the climate crisis. In a Pew Research survey conducted in 2021, 72% of respondents reported feeling at least somewhat concerned that climate change would harm them, and 80% said they were willing to make changes in their lives to reduce the effects of climate change. To ground our coverage, we've convened an advisory council of some of the most impactful leaders in the climate world. They've dedicated their lives to ensuring the future of the planet — and they're igniting movements to correct the inequities exacerbated by the crisis. We asked each council member to share what they're most hopeful about when it comes to the climate crisis, as well as the bright spots that push them forward.

☆ San Francisco's homicide rate is low compared to other big cities, but the killing of tech founder Bob Lee shows that doesn't tell the whole story
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The tragic killing of tech founder Bob Lee has reignited the debate over crime in San Francisco. Those stats compare relatively favorably to other big cities in the US, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing FBI data. Meanwhile, the homicide rate in San Francisco was 5 per 100,000 in 2020, the FBI's crime data shows, as analyzed by the San Francisco Chronicle. It's also lower than other cities of comparable sizes to San Francisco, including Columbus, Ohio. Additionally, the San Francisco Police Department must conclude its investigation before the DA's office can step in, Randy Quezada, communications director at the San Francisco District Attorney's office, told Insider's Grace Kay and Sindhu Sundar.

☆ Milk consumption is down 20% among younger generations: 'I feel like this is another punch line about us'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gen Z milk consumption is down 20% compared to other generations. To combat the drop, the dairy industry is scrambling with campaigns and other efforts to increase milk's popularity. But even some of the poster children for dairy milk aren't drinking the stuff, the New York Times reported. She said she began avoiding dairy milk after she learned of its negative impacts on her sports-induced asthma, and after her sister became a vegan. Still, using figureheads like Zapata, the dairy industry wants milk to be in the good graces of millennials and Gen Z.

☆ The Fed could easily drive Black unemployment much higher than the overall jobless rate
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

However, the jobless rate isn’t expected to be that low for long. While that’s a small improvement from the central bank’s previous 4.6% jobless rate estimate, economists say it’s possible the unemployment rate could rise above the Fed’s expectations. It can be difficult to slow an unemployment spiralEconomists say it’s hard to guess the trajectory of the unemployment rate this year, noting it could very well exceed the Fed’s estimate. As such, the Fed’s tightening efforts could easily drive the Black unemployment rate much higher than the overall jobless rate, said William Spriggs, an economics professor at Howard University and chief economist to the AFL-CIO. The Black unemployment rate will easily get to 9% in that scenario.”One other likely consequence of growing unemployment is slowing wage growth, Bivens said.

☆ Why so many Americans hate their work hours
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Ethan Dodd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Lower-income workers want to work more, and higher-income workers want to work less. In fact, nearly a quarter of low-income workers making less than $47,000 a year want to work more hours. On the flipside, almost a third of middle- and high-income workers say they work too many hours, according to a Pew Research Center report released Thursday. Workers are left either wanting to work more but can't get the hours, or they want to work less but feel they shouldn't. When surveyed, lower-income workers would likely jump at the opportunity to work more hours to earn more.

☆ The Right Amount of Cards, Cash and ID to Carry in Your Wallet
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Oyin Adedoyin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

As phones take on more of the work of wallets, people are rethinking how much they still need to carry in cash, cards and identification. Four in 10 Americans say none of their purchases in a typical week are paid for using cash, according to a 2022 survey from the Pew Research Center. That is up from 29% in 2018 and 24% in 2015, reflecting a trend accelerated by the pandemic. Plastic is getting displaced, too: 59% of Americans said they increased their use of digital payment methods last year, according to Mastercard ’s Payment Index.

☆ Big tech companies continue cost cutting
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tech companies have chased short-term fads in a desperate attempt to win the favor of Wall Street investors — and it's making the online experience worse. As tech companies continue to focus on efficiency, it's clear that one metric is the most important: revenue per employee. After years of over-hiring, tech companies are now looking to squeeze the most efficient performance from each worker, my colleague Hasan Chowdhury reports. But it's another sign that tech companies are drifting away from pro-remote work policies. Google, Meta, and Microsoft have all failed to make their AR and VR devices into mainstream successes.

☆ 50 years ago, he made the first cell phone call
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“I’m calling you on a cell phone, but a real cell phone, a personal, handheld, portable cell phone,” Cooper, then an engineer at Motorola, said on the phone to Joel Engel, head of AT&T-owned Bell Labs. “I was not surprised that everybody has a cell phone,” Cooper, now 94, told CNN. Today, 97% of Americans own a cell phone of some kind, according to a 2021 study by Pew Research Center. I know there are disadvantages to the cell phone. “Overall, I think the cell phone has changed humanity for the better and that will continue in the future.”

Women still earn 18% less than men, but a new report shows a rise in homeownership for single women. Fintech CEOs say that increased advocacy for women's rights contributed to the rise in single women's homeownership. See 30-year mortgage rates right now »Here are the top three states where single women own more homes than men:In Florida , 4.55% more single women than single men own homes, with a total of 854,297 single women homeowners in the state. In Maryland , 4.53% more single women own homes, with a total of 141,740 single women homeowners in the state. In Delaware, 4.5% more single women own homes, with a total of 28,551 single women homeowners in the state.

☆ New York man gets 22 years in jail over killing of Chinese immigrant
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 31 (Reuters) - A New York City man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter and a hate crime in the 2021 killing of a Chinese immigrant has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, authorities said. Police surveillance video of the April 2021 attack showed Ma being knocked down from behind and kicked in the head multiple times by a lone man. Ma was a pastry chef who came to the U.S. with his wife two years before the attack, U.S. media have reported. Bragg's office said Powell admitted in his plea that he targeted Ma due to his Asian heritage. The attack on Ma came a month after a shooting spree at three Atlanta spas left eight people dead, including six Asian women.

☆ Half of Americans support a US ban on TikTok, but many are unsure, Pew survey says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Washington CNN —Half of Americans support a US government ban on TikTok, while 22% oppose the idea and more than a quarter are unsure, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Friday. But it also underscores that significant portions of the country, 28% of Americans, remain uncertain about a ban on TikTok, suggesting they do not have firm views on the matter. Some 19% of TikTok users did express support for a US government ban, however. The survey found, however, that most Americans — nearly two-thirds (64%) — are aware of TikTok’s China connection. There is a partisan gap as well, with 60% of Republicans or those who lean Republican in favor of banning TikTok, Pew found, compared to 43% of Democrats or those who lean Democratic.

☆ Nearly half of American workers don't take all of their PTO
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

46% of American workers take less paid time off than they are offered, per the Pew Research Center. Respondents worry taking time off will slow down their career advancement, among other concerns. They found that nearly46% of American workers aren't taking all of their allotted paid time off. Lower-income workers said they were "more likely" to worry about losing their jobs for taking all of their time off than "middle and upper-income workers." Workers "want to know they can take time off when they need it," she said, "but this new data shows us that many workers don't. "

☆ As the cost of living skyrockets, 23% of couples stay together mainly because of money constraints
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Money can be a relationship's downfall; it can also be the reason couples stay together. With more Americans feeling financially constrained, 23% of all couples are primarily staying in their current relationships due to financial dependency, according to a new report by LendingTree. Between sky-high inflation and stubborn gender dynamics, "I am not surprised at all," said Stacy Francis, a certified financial planner and president and CEO of Francis Financial in New York. Couples in committed relationships also tend to do better financially. A Pew Research study found that men and women both earned more and were more financially sound in a relationship.

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