Media influences and conventional beauty standards have long plagued society.
This issue took on new urgency in May 2023 when the U.S. surgeon general issued a major public advisory over the links between social media and youth mental health.
Category Archives: National
Total Jobs Increase Nationwide
Despite the rise in unemployment rate, the nation’s total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 339,000 jobs.
How Building More Backyard Homes, Granny Flats and In-Law Suites Can Help Alleviate the Housing Crisis
To many people, the image of a nuclear family in a stand-alone house with a green lawn and white picket fence still represents a fulfillment of the American dream.
Despite the End of Title 42, Restrictions on Asylum Seekers Are Expected to Continue Under Biden Administration
A Trump administration immigration order, Title 42, that allowed U.S. border officials to quickly expel migrants at the U.S. southern border – with no exceptions for asylum-seekers – expires May 11, 2023.
The U.S. Is Undergoing Its Worst Bird Flu Outbreak Ever. Is a Poultry Vaccine the Answer?
The deadliest outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history is prompting growing concern in Congress, and Department of Agriculture researchers are awaiting the preliminary results of four trials of vaccines for poultry.
Obesity in Children Is Rising Dramatically, and It Comes With Major – and Sometimes Lifelong – Health Consequences
In the past two decades, children have become more obese and have developed obesity at a younger age.
National Unemployment Rate Drops to 3.4 Percent
According to the report, the national unemployment rate dropped from 3.5 percent in March to 3.4 percent in April, tying the record low set in January of this year.
Latino Youth Struggle With Sense of Belonging in School
Latino youth in middle and high school have a lower sense of belonging at school and in the community overall when compared with white peers.
U.S. Interior Secretary Unveils $125 Million for Local Climate Projects
The U.S. Interior Department will send $125 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law to scores of local climate resiliency and conservation projects, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland told a group of environmental reporters Friday.
Parents Tend to Choose Their Children’s Schools Based on Their Own Educational Experience
Faced with a growing number of options for where to enroll their children in school, parents quickly narrow their choices based on their own educational experience as students.