Did you move back in with family during the 2020 pandemic? Did someone you know pack their car, break their lease, and drive home to a parent's spare bedroom?
Here is what almost nobody realized at the time: under the federal government's own definition, losing your housing and doubling up with relatives due to economic hardship counts as homelessness. Not metaphorically. By definition. In July 2020, 52 percent of young American adults were living with their parents, a higher share than during the Great Depression. Millions of people experienced homelessness that year and never had to wear the label, because the Bank of Mom and Dad kept it off their record.
Many of them went right back to despising the people who had no spare bedroom to retreat to.
My new piece is about that mirror, the one held up in 2020 that nobody wanted to look into. The only thing separating a taxpayer from a tent is one crisis and one missing phone number.
Read it here, and tell me in the comments: where did you ride out 2020?
If you wanted to lower the fertility rate how would you do it?
You would give all the jobs to women and then not hire the men.
Men then wont have the money to be providers that can support a family.
Since women only marry men who make more than them fewer people will get married.
Women will then spend all their time working rather than having a family.
Tokyo offers various support initiatives to help people take their first steps toward marriage, hosting events and providing information on matchmaking and relationships.
The "TOKYO 8(Hachi) MUSUBI" campaign is underway, promoting 2026 as a "special year to spark marriage."
Hudson Yards just got a lot more colorful.
The Hisense RGB Pop-up is officially open. Seven days. Three colors. The Real Game Begins in the middle of New York City.
From the Color Pitch to the Digital Mirror to the VAR booth… It's all here, and it starts today. Come find us at Hudson Yards. Open now through June 14th.
Exclusive onsite rewards alert: Participate in all activities to receive a free gift, and post on social media with the event hashtag for a chance to win exclusive Vessel tickets! You could even win official FIFA World Cup 2026™ Match Tickets!