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Welcome to your weekly edition of the Top 5 articles we’ve read this week. Each week, we share five of the most inspiring, challenging and informative articles of the week. We hope you enjoy our list, and do always let us know if you have a suggestion or a recommendation! Please also consider becoming a paid subscriber if this is one of those newsletters you open up all the time or look forward to each week.
The Top 5 articles for your week:
“When a full-time job isn’t enough” (High Country News)
Because in Phoenix, “As prices have gone up, Beltrán has taken on even more work to make ends meet. On top of his hospital hours, last year he began taking shifts at two other health-care agencies, sometimes pushing his working hours to 65 hours a week. And he’s not alone; he doesn’t know of a nursing assistant on his floor who doesn’t have to work two jobs, he said.”
“The end of the system of the world” (Noahpinion - Substack)
Because, “The decoupling between China and the developed democracies, so long a topic of conversation and speculation, now appears to be a reality. A critical point has been reached. The old world-economic system of Chimerica is being swept away, and something new will take its place.”
“An American Girl” (Washington Post)
Because “But the girl Caitlyne had been before ‘that day,’ as she’d started calling the May 24 massacre, was gone. In her place was a uniquely American amalgam, a child who didn’t know how to ride a bike without training wheels but did know about ballistic windows and bulletproof backpacks and the movement to ban assault weapons. Who spent as much time following the Instagram pages of her favorite gun safety champions as she did Bad Bunny’s TikTok account. Who was 10, but seldom acted her age, speaking in public about fear and death with the eloquence of an adult, while in private, enduring flashbacks so vivid that she needed bedtime lullabies meant for toddlers to soothe her.”
“Why more and more girls are hitting puberty early” (New Yorker)
Because there are a myriad of factors that can contribute to earlier puberty in girls, and scientists are trying to figure out why there was a spike during COVID. Additionally, the article gives a window into how some pediatricians and parents are dealing with this phenomenon, and some of the responses are quite concerning.
“The Halloween Scare That Won’t Go Away” (The Atlantic)
Because maybe you grew up (like we did) checking the “air” in your Halloween candy and you wonder where this candy-panic originated and why it prevails each year.
Where?