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Sociologist Finds Smartphones and Social Media Harm Kids in These Four Ways

In his latest book, The Anxious Generation, renowned social psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues smartphones and social media damage young people’s mental development — and contribute to Gen Z’s unprecedented levels of mental illness. American teenagers conservatively spend between six and eight hours on “screen-based leisure activities,” Haidt writes, with most spending at least five of those hours on social media services like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

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House Republican condemns Democrats’ ‘sexualization of everything’ after Easter controversy

In an appearance on Fox Business, Tenney denounced the Biden administration’s decision to acknowledge Easter Sunday as Transgender Visibility Day, along with the inclusion of 145 days of LGBT recognition. The New York Republican said that effort constituted a “war on Christianity” and that she is worried about what Democrats are doing.

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Woman Says Abortion Pill Almost Killed Her: “I Was Covered in a Pool of Blood Wondering if I Was Going to Survive”

“A woman who considers herself the victim of a chemical abortion says she ‘was not prepared for how severe and devastating’ the abortion-inducing drugs she took would be.

In an interview with The Daily Signal, Elizabeth Gillette said she took prescribed drugs in 2010 to abort her unborn baby.

She now deeply regrets the abortion, Gillette said.”

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Cuban Communist Party bans Traditional Holy Week processions

“According to multiple reports, the Communist Party of Cuba has banned Christians from observing traditional Holy Week processions leading up to Easter in various parts of the country. Critics suggest that the move by the state, which extends to major cities such as Havana, stems from fear of protests similar to recent anti-communist demonstrations.”

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