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5 emerging trends that will change how you use your phone in 2024

A close up of hands holding a cell phone with an image of a baby on the screen with an older man image in the background.

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In-person socialization is alive in these states—here's where people are the most social

Group of friends having fun and laughing drinking coffee in coffeehouse.

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What graduation party traditions look like around the world

Swedish students celebrating in graduation parade.

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Even where abortion is legal, there are high barriers to obtaining one while in jail

Demonstrator holds a cardboard sign that says "Abortion Access Everywhere" standing with activists for a rally at the Federal Building Plaza in Chicago, Illinois.

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How gig work can help combat the loneliness epidemic

Dog walker crosses intersection with 3 dogs and city in the background.

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Support for holding parents accountable for their children's crimes is growing in the US

James Crumbley, Jennifer Crumbley, and attorneys sit in court for sentencing on four counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of four Oxford High School students who were shot and killed by the Crumbley parents' son.

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Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain

Doula holding hands of pregnant woman with rainbow background.

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Families are experiencing food insecurity as Americans grapple with higher grocery costs

A senior woman outside the supermarket checks her grocery receipt looking worried.

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A visual history of campus protests in the US

National Guardsmen in gas masks with rifles drive back Kent State University students.

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How the racial wage gap has fallen—and risen—over the past two decades

Close-up of a businessperson handing paycheck to colleague over a desk.