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Being single in the U.S. comes at a cost

Dec 22, 2021
Author Anne Helen Petersen compares being single in the United States to living in a hostile climate like the Arctic.
"Nearly 40% of the population is either single or a single parent, and the ways in which people are falling through these social safety nets” demonstrates the need for change, said author Anne Helen Petersen.
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Single people say they face unique concerns during the pandemic that deserve attention

Mar 26, 2021
COVID-19 messaging aimed at families leaves out single people who have weathered the pandemic alone.
Some singles worry about who would look after them if they got COVID-19.
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Online dating site screens for sex offenders

Apr 19, 2011
Match.com is now screening its users for past convictions of sex crimes using the US national sex offender registry. This all comes after a...

Amazon to offer Kindle Singles

Oct 12, 2010
They'll be short little things, length of a few chapters. Cheap too. There isn't a lot of difference between publishing a super long e-book and a...