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We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Rowan Fee Why Young Men Need Social Media, Now More than Ever The perils of social media have been well documented, from the erosion of our self-esteem to the manipulation of our minds. But what about its potential as a force for good? By Alex Mistlin 27/04/2021 Concerns about young people’s excessive use of social media are nothing new. But, for many, the alarm was sounded most urgently with the release of Jeff Orlowski’s docudrama The Social Dilemma, which reached Netflix last Septembe...

This week, the United States recorded its 500,000th death from COVID-19. It’s a staggering number, one many of us have struggled to wrap our heads around. For thoughts on how to process the milestone we turned to rabbis across the country for their wisdom, both on how we should mourn those lost to the pandemic and on how we should move forward. Image by Anya Ulinich They wrote about the value of turning to community, the importance of ritual in guiding us along the path of grief ahead and the coexistence of extraordinary miracles and extraordinary loss — and more.

How Do We Grieve 300,000 Lives Lost? Eleven months into the COVID-19 crisis, an unimaginable death toll has been reached. NPR spoke to doctors, nurses and the bereaved about how they face loss every day. December 14, 2020, 5:35 PM White flags planted by volunteers visualize lives lost in the U.S. to COVID-19 as part of an installation by artist Suzanne Firstenberg in D.C. The death toll has now reached 300,000. More than 300,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. It is the latest sign of a generational tragedy — one still unfolding in every corner of the country — that leaves in i...

Image credit: Roberto Schmidt Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. More than 300,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. It is the latest sign of a generational tragedy — one still unfolding in every corner of the country — that leaves in its wake an expanse of grief that cannot be captured in a string of statistics. “The numbers do not reflect that these were people,” says Brian Walter, whose 80-year-old father, John, ...

How Do We Grieve 300,000 Lives Lost? By Will Stone  December 14, 2020 More than 300,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. It is the latest sign of a generational tragedy — one still unfolding in every corner of the country — that leaves in its wake an expanse of grief that cannot be captured in a string of statistics. “The numbers do not reflect that these were people,” says Brian Walter, whose 80-year-old father, John, died from COVID-19. “Everyone lost was a father or a mother, they had kids, they had family, they left people behind.” There is no analogue in ...