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10+ min ago (775+ words) by Dr. Zabina Bhasin "I'm not the anxious generation. I'm just trying to live," says a girl, age 15. When adults say, "Teenagers today are the anxious generation," something in me bristles. I've spoken with middle schoolers, high schoolers, college students, and even millennials who are now parents themselves. And what I keep hearing is this: "Stop labeling us. Stop shaming us. Stop blaming us." MORE FROM DR. ZABINA BHASIN: Technology & the Next Generation: Are We Protecting Kids, or Holding Them'Back? Yes, data show an uptick in reported anxiety. Among U.S. children ages 3-17, diagnosed anxiety rose from 7.1 % in 2016 to 9.2 % in 2020 (JAMA Network Open, 2024). A global analysis found a 52 % rise in adolescent anxiety disorders between 1990 and 2021 (PMC, 2024). But numbers alone don't tell us why kids feel what they feel " or how they define those emotions themselves. They tell us nothing about the 15-year-old…...

27+ min ago (279+ words) The queens hit the high seas for a cruise line commercial challenge The Self-Care Sisters cruise crew includes two of the top queens of the week'but also one of the bottom two Credit: Courtesy Bell Media " Eboni shades her own too-produced confessional in the cold open. "Canada's Drag Race, you better watch out for Eboni!" she says before bursting into laughter. "That was so corny boots. That was giving Caucasian. Oh my god, why am I Saltina Shaker up in here?" " Sami is excited to be in a group with three queens who were in the top last week. "Three tops for one bottom? The odds are in my favour!" " There's something about Hazel whispering "They're definitely gonna fight after this" about Van and Velma while in a '90s working mom getup that really sent me to the moon. " After Van's…...

28+ min ago (260+ words) The Trump administration was dog piled by critics after a Lebanese news outlet claimed that the United States is demanding the return of an advanced bomb it had recently dropped on the country but failed to detonate. A local Lebanese news outlet, Al-Markaziya, reported that a recent Israeli strike on central Lebanon near Beirut that killed five people and injured 25 saw at least one bomb " an American-made GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb, a precision-guided glide bomb that costs around $39,000 to manufacturer " land without detonating. And, according to the outlet as reported by India Times on Friday, Trump administration officials are now asking for the bomb to be returned, and out of fear that it could be reverse engineered and allow Trump administration adversaries like China or Iran develop similar weapons. With more than 4,000 Lebanese having been killed from Israeli strikes since…...

28+ min ago (401+ words) Some supporters of President Donald Trump are feeling the pinch of his faltering economy and likely will be cutting back on purchases this Black Friday and Cyber Monday, reports NBC News. Trump voters in Warren, Michigan, where Trump has held multiple rallies " most notably to celebrate his first 100 days in office in April 2025, and during the 2024 election campaign, are hopeful that policies "will soon bring prosperity," but right now, NBC reports, things are tough. James Klotz, an 84-year-old Vietnam veteran, blames former President Joe Biden for his struggles and says, "next year, when the beautiful bill goes into effect, things are going to get back more to normal, I believe." Residents of Macomb County, Michigan, where Warren is located, used to identify as Reagan Democrats, NBC explains. And they are unimpressed by Trump's empty promises. "The economic turnaround Trump predicted…...

31+ min ago (246+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump reacts while speaking to members of the media on board Air Force One en route to the U.S., October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein But Salon's Heather Digby Parton, in a post-Thanksgiving article published on November 28, lays out a variety of ways in which Trump " ten months into his second presidency " is feeling increasingly beleaguered. Trump's heavy emphasis on the economy, especially inflation, did a lot to get him past the finish line in 2024, according to polls. But Parton notes that according to a late November CBS News/YouGov poll, a "whopping 76 percent" of Americans "disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy, while 24 percent approve." Americans, Parton adds, also voiced their displeasure with Trump through the massive No Kings Day protests around the U.S. and the "overwhelming victories of Democrats" in off-year elections. November 4 found Democrats enjoying double-digit victories in gubernatorial…...

33+ min ago (787+ words) According to a new report out from HuffPost, the bill for President Donald Trump's many golf trips continues to balloon bigger and bigger, potentially outstripping his first term by a wide margin.According to the analysis done by HuffPost, Trump's various golf trips, including to his own Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, have racked up around $71 million since the start of his second term in January. Given the requirements for long-distance travel from Washington, D.C., including the need to move extensive presidential security and support systems with him, the cost of each of these trips to Mar-a-Lago is roughly $3.4 million. Trips to his golf course in Bedminster, N.J., cost about $1.1 million, while overseas visits, including the trip he made to his golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland, can cost close to $10 million.Based on projections by HuffPost, Trump's golf trips will exceed $75 million in…...

36+ min ago (794+ words) WASHINGTON " A rash of censure votes in the U.S. House of Representatives "has to stop," a prominent California Democrat told Raw Story, recommending a bipartisan effort to make such moves rarer and thereby cool an increasingly heated tit-for-tat exchange. "It has to stop because all it is is inviting revenge actions, one upon the other," Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) said, walking in the Capitol prior to the Thanksgiving recess, after a recent run of such votes. "We could all find behaviors that we find objectionable in people on the other side," Chu said. "So there has to be a higher threshold. I totally agree with this bipartisan attempt to increase the threshold." "The censure process in the House is broken " all of us know it," Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) said, while introducing their measure last week. "These…...

40+ min ago (556+ words) Your Vox Membership goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership, we'll give one to someone who can't afford access. It's a simple way for you to support Vox's journalism and share it with someone who needs it. From Trader Joe's totes to Starbucks Bearista cups, low-end items carry more meaning in the affordability era. A cuddly animal wearing a beanie should not incite violence. And yet, this is what occurred in some Starbucks shops earlier this month after the coffee chain released a limited line of teddy bear-shaped tumblers as a part of their holiday merchandise. For now, these glass critters are being sold on eBay, sometimes for exorbitant prices. Meanwhile, shoppers who managed to procure the Bearista cup in store are posting their wins. In the case of all these conspicuous or wearable commodities, the…...

43+ min ago (635+ words) President Trump railed against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Thursday, calling him "seriously retarded" in a Thanksgiving message. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney offered a bleak assessment of the U.S.-Canadian relationship, CTV News reports. Said Carney: "We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between" "President Donald Trump called for "reverse migration" in the US as he outlined a further crackdown on immigration following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington," Bloomberg reports". The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. Could House Republicans lose their majority before the midterms? Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis, bonus features" New York Times: "In court, each blamed the other. Both were convicted. He began serving an 11-year sentence in June; she is expected to report to prison this summer after" "Rep. Marjorie…...

44+ min ago (1691+ words) I don't have access to Big Oil's internal emails about this. But they sure look wildly desperate to dodge the growing array of lawsuits over the damage caused by their decades-long scheme to deceive the public about climate change. Oil companies are doing whatever they possibly can to keep the plaintiffs in these suits (cities, counties, states, and Native American tribes) from having their day in court'and as some of the most powerful corporations in the world, there's a lot they can do. They're pushing Congress to pass a blanket waiver of liability for climate-related damages. They've deputized the Trump administration to threaten states that are bringing suits. And they have tried'again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again'to get the Supreme Court to step in and dismiss the cases against them, based on an often contradictory…...