Every generation has its burdens. The particular plight of Gen X is to have grown up in one world only to hit middle age in a strange new land. It’s as if they were making candlesticks when electricity came in. The market value of their skills plummeted. (Kurutz, The New York Times)
Read MoreMore than half a million young people who are not working or studying have never had a job, an analysis has found. Most of those not in education, employment or training (Neet) are also not looking for a job and an increasing number report sickness as the main reason. (Smyth, The Times UK)
Read MoreLow-income patients who go there for things like contraception, cancer screenings and pregnancy testing could see their care upended if the court sides with South Carolina leaders who say no public money should go the organization. The court is considering a legal question that could have wider effects: Whether Medicaid patients can continue to sue over the right to choose their own qualified provider. (Whitehurst, AP News)
Read MoreThis year, Sunday, April 20, is both Easter and 4/20, the unofficial marijuana holiday celebrated worldwide. Though the two events aren't directly related, some worshippers and consumers will partake in both. (Cross, USA Today)
Read MoreThe game seems able absorb the attention of children for up to hours at a time – no mean feat in our distraction-filled age. Some parents fear their children's interest in Minecraft can border on obsession, or even addiction, as they struggle to tear them away from the computer screen. (Baraniuk, BBC)
Read MoreThe president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym), Archbishop Luis Argüello, opened the conference’s 127th plenary assembly this week with a deep analysis of Spain’s growing secularization, noting that the time has ended when one could say “I am Catholic because I was born in Spain.” (de Cárdenas, Catholic News Agency)
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