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For the first time since the Great Depression, a majority of young adults (ages 18-29) in the U.S. now live with their parents — Report

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Phil Lam X

As COVID-19 swept the country this year, millions of young adults retreated to familiar territory: living at home with mom and dad.

A majority of young Americans ages 18 to 29 are now living with at least one of their parents, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Current Population Survey data. About 52% of this age group, 26.6 million people in total, were living with their parents in July, compared to 47% at the same time last year. This number surpassed the previous record of 48%, which was set in 1940, during the Great Depression.

Since the proportion of 18 to 29 year olds living at home hit a low of 29% in 1960, the number has risen over the decades, jumping to 36% in 1990, to 38% in 2000 and 44% in 2010. However, the increase this year is notably sharp, and tracks with the trajectory of the pandemic; while about 46% or 47% of young adults lived at home through 2019, in 2020 the number jumped to 49% in March, 51% in April and 52% from May through July.

Source: Time

$1.5M coronavirus face mask will be made out of 18-karat white gold, set with 3,600 black and white diamonds

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Phil Lam X

A jeweler in Israel said he’s working on the most expensive mask in the world. The mask will be made out of 18-karat white gold and set with 3,600 stones, all of them, black and white diamonds.

Protesters demand answers for why 18-year-old Latino man Andres Guardado was shot by a sheriff’s deputy

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Phil Lam X

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Gardena earlier to demand justice for Andres Guardado, an 18-year-old Latino man fatally shot Thursday by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy. Authorities said Guardado was armed and had fled from deputies, but have not said what prompted the shooting.

“He ran because he was scared,” one of the protesters’ signs read. “Why’d you kill that kid?” the crowd chanted.

People in cars raised their fists in solidarity and honked their horns. Aztec dancers beat drums at the front of the procession.

Protesters marched down West Redondo Beach Boulevard, where Guardado was shot, filling the street as they headed toward the sheriff’s station in Compton more than three miles away.

Source: Yahoo