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By now much of the internet has already read this terrific Claire Cain Miller + Aatish Bhatia + Josh Katz piece, but do look if you haven't yet. Expertly written, and there are 100 stories in every chart

nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Everyone Says Social Media Is Bad for Teens: Proving It Is Another Thing.
Parents, scientists and the surgeon general are worried. But there isn’t even a shared definition of what social media is.
nytimes.com/2023/06/17/ups… via Claire Cain Miller

What It’s Like to Be a Queer Teenager in America Today: Social acceptance among young people has increased significantly in only a decade. But the #MentalHealth of #LGBTQ + teens is suffering, by Frankie Paris Claire Cain Miller nytimes.com/interactive/20… via The Upshot🏳️‍🌈

1 in 5 members of Gen Z identifies as LGBTQ. Unlike a decade ago, their peers are mostly unfazed, and high school has become a much more welcoming place. Yet they’re also in mental health crisis and facing bills restricting their lives. w ⁦Frankie Paris⁩ nytimes.com/interactive/20…

For One Group of Teenagers, Social Media Seems a Clear Net Benefit

Despite the surgeon general’s warning about its risks for youth in general, researchers and teenagers say it can be a “lifeline” for L.G.B.T.Q. youth.
— by ⁦⁦Claire Cain Miller⁩ nytimes.com/2023/05/24/ups…

Bless the Times & Claire Cain Miller for recognizing the importance of the net to young people ostracized where they live. The surgeon general also had to acknowledge this:
For One Group of Teenagers, Social Media Seems a Clear Net Benefit
nytimes.com/2023/05/24/ups…

For Black moms, income doesn't matter. Neither does education. Racism persists. Black women still have worse outcomes. Their pain is ignored; their autonomy stolen. @Sarahkliff and @Clairecm report.

nytimes.com/2023/05/06/ups…

Unwanted Epidurals, Untreated Pain: Black Women Tell Their Birth Stories. Regardless of income or education, Black mothers have worse birth outcomes, by Claire Cain Miller Sarah Kliff nytimes.com/2023/05/06/ups… via The Upshot #SystemicRacism #sdoh

Far fewer women in the US are getting pregnant when they don’t want to be. More are waiting until after 35 — and saying their pregnancies were later than they wanted. nytimes.com/2023/05/03/ups…

Today's Poetry Thread: BOOKS

I absolutely love this one by Czesław Miłosz. Feel free to add poems.

Virtual clinics are becoming a more entrenched part of abortion just as the courts are considering banning them. As a former tech start-up reporter, these entrepreneurs struck me as bringing a Silicon Valley approach to abortion care. w ⁦Margot Sanger-Katz⁩ nytimes.com/2023/04/18/ups…

To give a sense of the impact of Florida's coming abortion law, take a look at how it changes how far women throughout the South will need to go to get an abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy. nytimes.com/interactive/20… Claire Cain Miller Quoctrung Bui

Incredible work here by Claire Cain Miller and Alicia Parlapiano to document the timing of the introduction (and expiration) of various safety net programs during the pandemic! Bravo!

(I can't decide if this is a staggered DD nightmare or dream come true😂)
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For a brief pandemic moment, we had a robust social safety net. It didn’t last. But there are signs that it may have changed the appetite for government support for its citizens for the future. w ⁦Alicia Parlapiano⁩ nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The US actually built a robust safety net in the pandemic, and now we've basically dismantled it. Fantastic graphic from Claire Cain Miller and Alicia Parlapiano nytimes.com/interactive/20…

how it started/ going :( nytimes.com/interactive/20… read Claire Cain Miller Alicia Parlapiano today

The gender gap in college attendance is much, much bigger for those from middle-class and poorer families.
I think this is one reason it is harder for those in elite circles to see the problem.
Chart from John N.Friedman et al: nber.org/system/files/w…

The result is that the US is the only developed country where even if you strip out all Covid deaths, life expectancy still dropped by a year since 2019

“We have not found another answer and so we are left with a question, which is: Whom do we love more, our guns or our children?” writes Esau McCaulley. nyti.ms/40FVklM