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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 keep us informed. Endless news. Global access. Instant updates. But somewhere along the way, the feed became the filter—deciding not just what we see, but what we believe. A new study from researchers at NYU and Stanford  shows that people are far more likely to click on sensational, low-quality news than credible journalism. The reason ? Algorithms reward engagement, not accuracy. When anger and shock drive clicks, the truth becomes optional. Th

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

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