Overnight, a walking symbol of Hollywood’s love, tolerance, empathy and inclusivity was rebranded as the opposite of all these things. Hollywood was skipping merrily toward rewarding the wokest movie of the year when it stepped on an antiwoke land mine. (Smith, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreAcross the globe, in the United States and Uruguay, in Italy and India, families are getting smaller. To some, this may seem like good news. But economists, demographers and government leaders are increasingly alarmed about the downward trend. (Branigin, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe order, titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," gives federal agencies, including the Justice and Education departments, wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX in alignment with the Trump administration's view, which interprets "sex" as the gender someone was assigned at birth. (ESPN)
Read MorePolice say they have made dozens of arrests over alleged offenses related to antisemitism. The head of Australia’s federal police said officers were looking at whether foreign actors were paying people to commit attacks. (Condie, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreEvery generation has its own slang. But powered by social media, the youngest generations have taken things to a dizzying new level, adding and dropping phrases so quickly the adults in their lives can’t keep up. (Bindley, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreBrightfield Group, a market research firm that reports on the cannabis industry, estimated that hemp-derived cannabis beverages brought in $382 million in sales last year and U.S. sales will grow to nearly $750 million by 2029. (Amenabar, The Washington Post)
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