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It shows a curated look at women embracing domesticity as the antithesis of what other young women are experiencing, who are "working hard and barely scraping by," said Casey Lewis, a social media trend forecaster. Evidence shows this is something few women are actually doing, and it's not a realistic lifestyle to aspire to. Young women, whether they're married or not, are expressing a desire to "take a step out of the professional rat race," Lewis said. "There's a lot of pressure on young women," she said. In cases where men are the primary breadwinners, it's more often women who take on the bulk of the caretaking responsibilities, experts say.

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☆ By 2054, there will be 422,000 Americans over age 100. That poses a financial challenge
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

By 2054, there will be an estimated 422,000 Americans age 100 and older — more than four times the 101,000 in 2024, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. What's more, the centenarian population has nearly tripled in the last three decades alone, according to Pew. Among the best ways to hedge against outliving one's savings is by working longer, according to retirement experts. That may be more necessary as employers have offloaded responsibility for retirement savings onto workers' shoulders, by shifting from pensions to 401(k)-type retirement plans. "People need to be prepared to work longer," he said.

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Within days, millions of TikTok videos using music from Universal artists went mute, and since then guessing which side would blink first has become a media-business parlor game. Backing this up, one study found that TikTok users reported experiencing higher levels of flow than Instagram users. Corey Basch, who analyzed 100 popular TikTok videos with the hashtag mentalhealth for a 2022 study, emerged concerned about the looping effect of the algorithm. Cerave Sales increased by more than 60 percent in 2020 after skin care became a lockdown pastime and TikTok users discovered the drugstore mainstay. Cat Crack Catnip It briefly sold out in 2021 after TikTok users posted videos of their cats going crazy for it.

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☆ Vera Wang is turning 75 this year. She has no plans to retire.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

That's what it's all about, really," Wang said. In May 2021, Wang told CNBC that her work has allowed her "to really have a very full life." "I think work has been my whole life and it's kept me honestly relevant, fascinated, passionate, frightened, worried and stressed," she said. Wang is part of a list of celebrities and CEOs who have been vocal about their decisions to continue working even as they get older. About one-third of Americans over 40 also say they would continue working even if they have no financial need, per a 2019 TD Ameritrade survey.

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☆ More people are working well past retirement age. It’s not easy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

So last October, at the age of 80, Murray ended her retirement and got a job giving out samples at Costco. Forecasters expect that cohort of older , working Americans to double over the next decade. “More people are working at desk jobs that don’t require much physical labor,” said Gal Wettstein, a senior research economist at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. “That’s people who are changing jobs, younger workers and non-college educated workers.” Older workers tend not to change jobs, and they’re more likely to have a college degree. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older in the workplace.

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☆ Why is pop culture so obsessed with nuns?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

These vestal get-ups are, in fact, the latest in a long line of subversive pop culture interpretations of the lives (and loves) of nuns. More recently, Bella Hadid walked the Coperni Fall-Winter 2022 runway wearing headgear reminiscent of a nun’s habit. The “Nunsploitation” subgenre saw the transformation of nuns from icons of piety and sacrifice into harbingers of evil and sexual obsession. In lighter fare, “Sister Act 3,” a third movie in the beloved “Sister Act” series of the 1990s starring Whoopi Goldberg is currently in development. “The juxtaposition of the nun’s habit with either blatant sexuality or the cultivation of personal identity and style is shocking and grabs people’s attention,” wrote Dr. Neal.

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☆ Your boss could be fined $100 for bothering you after work under a newly proposed California law
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Your boss could soon be fined for contacting you after hours under new legislation in California. If the bill becomes law, any employer that violates it could face a fine of at least $100. At least 10 other countries including France, Canada and Portugal have laws supporting workers' "right to disconnect." The bill only regulates employers in California, so remote workers in California reporting to out-of-state employers are not counted in the bill. Instead, he hopes it encourages employers to have "transparent, upfront" conversations with employees about when and how they work.

Persons: Matt Haney, Haney Organizations: CNBC, Companies, Pew Research Locations: California, San Francisco, France, Canada, Portugal, York City

☆ How writing a letter to your future self can help you set—and achieve—long-term goals, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Creating and maintaining the kind of habits that will benefit you in the long-term can be a challenge. One of them is to "write a letter to your future self," he told podcast host Bob Safian. "The research shows that it's not about receiving that letter but it's actually about writing that letter that changes how you think about yourself and your role in future shaping." Writing a letter to your future self "helps people concentrate on their goals," says Gail Purvis, clinician in private practice and at Weill Cornell Medicine's department of psychiatry. That's because "putting pen to paper … emphasizes the importance of thinking about your future and what you want," she says.

Persons: who'd, Ari Wallach, Bob Safian, Gail Purvis Organizations: Pew Research, Weill Cornell Medicine's

☆ GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“What he has said is that we would like ultimately there to only be voting on Election Day. Republican attorneys have filed an assortment of lawsuits across the county that vary in both what types of election rules they target and how seriously election law experts believe the case should be taken. The legal fight against mail voting has taken GOP lawyers to states beyond the typical presidential battlegrounds. In addition to the case targeting Mississippi’s post-election day mail ballot receipt deadline, Republicans filed a lawsuit challenging the major expansion of mail voting enacted by New York lawmakers last year. To arrive at the claim that the states’ voter rolls are bloated, Republicans are using a formula that has previously been rebuked in federal court.

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☆ Check out the presentation edtech startup Superintellignet used nab $2 million in pre-seed funding to help people learn how to use AI tools
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Newly launched startup Superintelligent is betting it can solve this problem and help more people master using AI in their work and personal lives. The company just exited stealth with $2 million in pre-seed funding from Learn Capital, an edtech-focused VC fund. Based in New York, Superintelligent is a learning platform designed to help people understand how to use AI tools. "People who never would have cared about taking an online course before will 100% find themselves looking for online tools for learning AI." More broadly, AI is providing a boon to the edtech space, with startups such as Lirvana Labs, which provides AI learning for kids; Curipod, which lets teachers create AI lesson plans; and AI-powered study assistants Digest.ai and FoondMate all raising funding recently.

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☆ Photos challenge misconceptions about what it means to be an American Muslim
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

These are some of the faces featured in “Muslims in America,” an ongoing photography series by British artist Mahtab Hussain. Mahtab HussainSo far, Hussain has documented subjects living in New York, LA, Baltimore and Toronto, Canada. I’ve met people from all over the world in the US who are Muslim: Palestinians, people from all over Africa. Not only do Hussain’s photographs visually challenge the way American Muslims have been portrayed, he has also offered space for his subjects to share their experiences. Mahtab HussainMany members of Dearborn’s Arab American and Muslim American communities have openly rejected Biden for his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

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☆ More Voters Shift to Republican Party, Closing Gap With Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Ruth Igielnik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the run-up to the 2020 election, more voters across the country identified as Democrats than Republicans. But four years into Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency, that gap has shrunk, and the United States now sits almost evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. Republicans have made significant gains among voters without a college degree, rural voters and white evangelical voters, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. At the same time, Democrats have held onto key constituencies, such as Black voters and younger voters, and have gained ground with college-educated voters. The report groups independents, who tend to behave like partisans even if they eschew the label, with the party they lean toward.

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☆ The 'sandwich generation' faces pressure as the world ages — here are 3 tips to prevent burnout
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"There's this tendency in the welfare state to sort of outsource the elderly care," Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, director of the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University told CNBC Make It. Although home-care for the elderly improves their wellbeing, it can also place pressure on younger generations. The so-called sandwich generation refers to middle-aged people who have elderly parents to care for, as well as their own children who are still dependent on them. The younger generations have to support their elderly parents or grandparents. "This would entail defining one's family value system, setting out personal goals, life aspirations, allocating and committing personal resources," Wong suggested.

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☆ A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

The Harvard professor's research is bankrolled by tech tycoons "pissed off" at academia's dogma. But this boundary-pushing is exactly why he's backed Loeb's research. AdvertisementDesch, the astrophysicist from Arizona University, posted a critique of Loeb's work on arXiv alleging "multiple fatal flaws with the manuscript's arguments." Asked whether he no longer believes in a possible technological origin for the meteor, Loeb said they need to investigate further. As he plans more extravagant expeditions to prove the origin of the interstellar meteor, Loeb likens his critics to crows pecking at the neck of an eagle.

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☆ How to negotiate your salary, according to an ex-Google recruiter: ‘If you don't ask, the answer is always no’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

More than half, 58% of men and 61% of women, say they didn't ask for higher pay the last time they were hired, according to the Pew Research Center. The higher you start, the higher that salary will get over time. Here's how Church recommends going about negotiating for more pay during an interview. And when it's time to make that offer, "typically, companies begin the offer negotiation at the bottom of the band." After the interview process, when you get a job offer, Church recommends asking your prospective employer two questions.

Persons: Nolan Church, aren't, who've Organizations: Pew Research, Google, Companies

☆ The politics of religion as Trump sells Bibles and Biden is criticized over Easter eggs
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump is literally selling religion to his followers in the form of commemorative Bibles, while President Joe Biden is being criticized by Republicans for allegedly disrespecting the Easter holiday. The version of the Bible Trump is selling also includes the US Constitution and other founding documents. “The Biden White House has betrayed the central tenet of Easter—which is the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. More than 30% of Americans might qualify as sympathetic to Christian nationalism when it is defined within the idea that America was meant by God to be a Christian nation. People sympathetic to Christian nationalism are also more likely to condone the idea that political violence may be justified.

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☆ The US immigration surge saved the economy, record credit-card debt isn't an issue, and 4 other surprising takeaways from JPMorgan Asset Management's latest quarterly guide
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

For a while, Kelly couldn't figure out whether there would be a recession, given how mixed signals were muddying the waters. Most economists now agree that there won't be a downturn, but one of the main explanations Kelly gave as to why may be shocking. Besides adding jobs, which tends to boost economic growth, Kelly noted that the presence of cheap workers has kept a lid on wage growth and, by extension, inflation. "But you could say that it has widened the runway for the soft landing. It's made it easier for us to achieve a soft landing."

Persons: Kelly couldn't, Kelly, —, he's Organizations: Management, US Department of Homeland Security, Pew Research Center

☆ Trump-backed GOP leaders call for embrace of early and mail-in voting even as former president continues to cast doubt
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Daniel Strauss | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

That’s very much a state-by-state process.”“Republicans will have to develop that if they decide they want to push mail voting and early voting or both. Republicans’ uneven approach to early voting reached an apex during the pandemic when Trump would regularly cast doubt on the safety and security of voting by mail or voting early. “Vote early. Vote early. But the danger for Republicans is that disillusionment with mail-in voting or voting early, fueled in large part by Trump, might be too deeply baked into party sentiment.

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☆ This small Southeast Asian country has 'engineered' a society that lives to 100 – here's how
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Blue zones are places that have 10 times more centenarians compared to the U.S. on a per capita basis. While the original blue zones came about by natural circumstances, blue zones 2.0 are man-made. "The old blue zones are disappearing because they're becoming Americanized," Buettner said. Keep loved ones closeResearch shows that people in blue zones tend to prioritize their loved ones and keep them nearby. Accessible health careSingaporeans enjoy universal health care which means residents have access to quality medical care, including health services such as prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.

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☆ Women experience a 'motherhood penalty.' For dads, there’s a wage 'bonus'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

watch now"For mothers, employment and earnings conditional on being employed fall sharply around the time of birth for women, and, more ominously, may remain permanently lower well after childbirth," the authors of the PNAS study wrote. There is a dynamic that perpetuates itself, according to Jasmine Tucker, vice president of research at the National Women's Law Center. Alternatively, fathers who work full time experience a wage "bonus" when they have children, according to a separate report by the British trade union association TUC. "The gender imbalance in time spent on caregiving persists, even in marriages where wives are the breadwinners." In fact, the motherhood penalty is even greater in "female-breadwinner" families, the PNAS study also found, where higher-earning women experience a 60% drop from their pre-childbirth earnings relative to their male partners.

Persons: Jasmine Tucker, Tucker, Richard Fry Organizations: National Women's Law, TUC, Fathers, Pew Research Center, Pew, CNBC Locations: British

☆ An 'often overlooked' retirement savings option can lower your tax bill, advisor says. Here's how it works
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

10'000 Hours | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesThere's still time to lower your 2023 tax bill or boost your refund with a lesser-known retirement savings strategy for married couples. One requirement for individual retirement account contributions is "earned income," such as wages or salary from a job or self-employment earnings. But there's an exception for single-income households: the spousal IRA. With income phaseouts for IRA deductibility and Roth IRA contributions, many wait until March or April for the previous year's IRA deposits. Even a $500 or $1,000 spousal IRA contribution could provide tax savings.

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☆ I was starved for adult connection while raising my daughter as a single mom. Moving back to the family farm was exactly what I needed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Cat Jones | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Cat Jones eagerly left the family home at 17 and later bought a house 230 miles away with her husband. After having a baby and leaving her husband, she was determined to make things work living on her own. Fiercely independent and proud, I was determined to make things work on my own. Farm life is notoriously stressful and persistent. I have become closer with everyone in my family, and we're showing my daughter how to cohabit peacefully.

Persons: Cat Jones, —, Cassie, Cassie didn't, Jones, it's, hadn't, grandma Cat Jones, It's, I'm Organizations: Service, Pew Research Center, Survey Locations: Tauranga —, New Zealand

☆ This is the happiest country for Gen Z and millennials, according to The World Happiness Report
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Lithuania is the happiest country for Gen Z and millennials, according to the 2024 World Happiness Report. The final rankings of happiest countries for those under the age of 30 and those 60 and above are quite different. Lithuania took the top spot in this ranking but the country ranked No. 19 happiest country in the world, overall. "Convergence between the two halves of Europe has been driven mainly by the rising happiness of the young," the report states.

Persons: Gen, Z Organizations: Research, University of Oxford, Pew Research Center Locations: Lithuania, Europe

☆ Opinion | America’s Most Overlooked Political Divide Is Also Its Most Revealing
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The exact same percentage of Americans said they’d never heard or read about Christian nationalism — 54 percent in both years. The beliefs and attitudes of those who had heard about Christian nationalism were remarkably static. After months of debates in the media, the percentage of Americans who have a favorable view of Christian nationalism was unchanged. Note that I said that Americans have been having a furious online conversation about Christian nationalism. Yet an online conversation isn’t the same thing as a national conversation.

Persons: It’s, Pew, they’d, There’s Organizations: Pew Research Center

☆ Trump says any Jewish person who votes for Democrats ‘hates their religion’ and ‘everything about Israel’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday that any Jewish person who votes for Democrats “hates their religion” and hates “everything about Israel,” again playing into an antisemitic trope that Jewish Americans have dual loyalties to the US and to Israel. “I actually think they hate Israel,” Trump said. “I don’t think they hate him, I think they hate Israel. And the Democrat Party hates Israel.”“Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion,” Trump said. While Orthodox Jews lean heavily Republican, American Jews of other denominations, including the Reform and Conservative branches, have identified with or leaned toward the Democratic party.

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