Personal Digest: 60% of U.S. workers are hustling — what that means
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60% of U.S. workers now pursue extra income streams — With wage growth stagnant, a majority of American workers are turning side gigs from hobby into a necessary source of income.
| Mental HealthPolicy fights and small fixes try to stem a growing youth mental-health crisis School Counselor (einnews.com) · Social connection (scienceblog.com) · Suicide (msn.com) |
 | EducationChess gets a coach that actually explains the why — not just the move |
 | TravelGPS apps: your clever co-pilot is secretly clogging city streets |
 | Social MediaMisinformation arrest shows old lies get new viral legs — and consequences |
 | BusinessFees rise, AI reshapes work, and Apple sues over alleged talent theft Fee (nerdwallet.com) · Homebuilding (missouriindependent.com) · Intellectual property (businessinsider.com) |
 | Health CareCosts keep rising while primary care gaps and inequality widen health risks Affordable Care Act (washingtonpost.com) · Primary Care (statnews.com) · Child Care (westvirginiawatch.com) |
 | SpiritualityListening, leadership failures, and the dangers of misplaced trust in guides Listening (interfaithamerica.org) · Religious leadership (bluebonnetnews.com) · Spiritual direction (clickorlando.com) |
 | ResilienceMoney, tech and climate grief build a new playbook for resilience Disaster management (kezi.com) · Software Testing (infoq.com) · Climate Change (resilience.org) |
 | Side HustleSide hustles go mainstream as wages stall and platforms scale incomes Entrepreneurship (independent.co.uk) · Wage stagnation (goodmenproject.com) · E-commerce (shopify.com) |
 | ReligionReligious literacy fades as identity, pluralism and freedom hit the headlines Religious literacy (ncregister.com) · Jewish Identity (jns.org) · Freedom Of Religion (washingtontimes.com) |
 | FitnessFitness testing, elite conditioning and apps that lock TikTok — sweaty times Physical Fitness (santafenewmexican.com) · Dream Team (nytimes.com) · Mobile app (businessinsider.com) |
 | Free speechCourts, broadcasters and bad actors keep free speech wrestling with limits First Amendment (csmonitor.com) · Freedom of the press (iowacapitaldispatch.com) · Information operation (smallwarsjournal.com) |