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December arrives with sparkle, celebration, and constant reminders of togetherness. Christmas dinners, holiday parties, New Year’s countdowns, everywhere you look, connection is on display. Yet for many people, this season doesn’t feel warm or joyful. It feels isolating. The holidays have a way of amplifying what’s already there. And in a digitally connected world, loneliness can feel even sharper, not because connection is impossible, but because meaningful  connection often

Imagine waking up one day and realizing that despite all the group chats, all the likes, all the notifications, and every “connection” you’ve collected online…you still feel alone. That isn’t an exaggeration. It’s the everyday reality for millions of young adults across the U.S. right now. Loneliness has quietly become one of the most serious mental health challenges of our time, affecting everything from our emotional stability to our physical health. And whether you’re 18,

If you’re a guy in your late teens, 20s, or early 30s, chances are you’ve seen the phrase “male loneliness epidemic”  floating around TikTok, YouTube, or Reddit. Maybe you’ve even felt some of it yourself, that weird mix of isolation, pressure, and “everyone else seems to be doing better than me.” You’re definitely not alone. Across the country, young men are opening up (often anonymously) about feeling disconnected, unseen, or shut out of conversations about mental health. A

Social media was supposed to bring us together. Global communities. Shared creativity. A space to belong. And it did, until it didn’t. At a recent Dartmouth and United Nations symposium , six former U.S. Surgeons General, Vivek Murthy, Jerome Adams, Antonia Coello Novello, Joycelyn Elders, Richard Carmona, and David Satcher, delivered a unanimous message: Social media isn’t just shaping the minds of young people. It’s shaping their health. A Generation in Distress “When one i

Artificial intelligence was supposed to make learning easier. Faster essays. Smarter tutoring. A tool to level the playing field for students everywhere. And it has, in ways no one could have predicted. A new report from the Center for Democracy & Technology  reveals that 86% of students  have used AI chatbots like ChatGPT in the past school year. Half of them used it for schoolwork. But here’s the surprising part: Almost one in five  say they or a friend has used an AI chatb

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In an era where social media connects billions, why are so many people feeling lonelier than ever? Recent studies suggest that platforms...