Thursday, April 19, 2018

Youth Is Vaped On The Young

Jewish Currents spoke with more than 50 Birthright Israel participants and staffers about their experiences with the often-fraught sexual and gender dynamics on the famous free trip to Israel. Here is what we found.
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YOUTHFUL INDISCRETIONS
'THIS CRAZY FREEDOM, AND STRESS'
Birthright Israel And #MeToo
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Jewish Currents spoke with more than 50 Birthright Israel participants and staffers about their experiences with the often-fraught sexual and gender dynamics on the famous free trip to Israel. Here is what we found.
WAS XWEETOK NAMED FOR XENU?
Neopets Was Run By Scientologists
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Executives even suggested adding religious principles to the game.
CREME BRULEE PODS ARE NOT COOL
New York Teens Created The Biggest Vape Trend (And Now They're Over It)
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By the time the Juul epidemic was covered in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and emails from school principals, teens had been ripping Juuls for two full years.
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MONEY MOVES
AH, THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
The Richest Person Of All Time From Each State, Mapped
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Jeff Bezos hasn't caught up with Walmart founder Sam Walton (who died in 1992) or John D. Rockefeller (who died in 1937 and remains the richest American of all time). At least, he hasn't caught up yet.
PROFESSIONAL INSTAGRAM IS WILD, Y'ALL
PopSugar Stole Influencers' Instagrams — Along With Their Profits
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The lifestyle website stripped bloggers' affiliate links from their posts and added the site's own.
FIGHT FOR MORE THAN JUST $15
We're Talking About The Minimum Wage All Wrong
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Instead of trying to minimize all job loss, those defending wage increases should also fight for a robust welfare state that includes things like generous unemployment insurance and decoupling benefits like health care from employment (a la Medicare for all).
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This Machine Makes A Perfect Wooden Ball Super Fast And We Can't Stop Watching It
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One perfectly round wooden ball is satisfying. How about infinite perfectly round wooden balls?
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New York's Attorney General Is Investigating Bitcoin Exchanges
California Opens Investigation Into Tesla Workplace Conditions
North Korea Wants Total Denuclearization, Says Seoul
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Be glad you're not in high school. (Unless you are in high school, in which case we're sorry.)