This 1981 photo captures an Egyptian man smoking a cigarette while standing atop the Great Pyramid of Giza.

A recent study has found that one in every four adults is likely to remain single for life. This trend is becoming increasingly common across many parts of the world due to a variety of factors such as greater focus on personal freedom, career goals, financial independence, and evolving attitudes toward marriage and relationships. Experts suggest that modern lifestyles and changing societal expectations are contributing to a rise in individuals choosing to stay single rather than pursue long-term romantic commitments. While some remain single by choice, others may face circumstances like limited social opportunities or past relationship experiences.
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Did you know that during the dark days of SEGREGATION in the United States, Black families were forced to pay TAXES that built schools their own children could not enter? While white children sat in shiny classrooms with new books and warm heaters, many Black kids sat in crumbling buildings, sometimes with no desks, no heat, and torn books passed down like leftover scraps.

This painful TRUTH is not just a forgotten piece of history — it’s proof of the strength and sacrifice that Black communities made just to claim a BASIC RIGHT: EDUCATION. Even when the SYSTEM locked them out, they built their own schools, taught their own kids at home, and stood up to unfair laws.

Stories like this remind us that every time you walk freely into a classroom today, or send your child to a good school, someone before you PAID THE PRICE for that freedom — sometimes twice. Once with their taxes, again with their struggle.

This is why we must never let these stories fade. HISTORY is more than dates and old photos — it’s the sacrifice, sweat, and HOPE that built the world we live in today.

This fact is backed by the US National Park Service and the Equal Justice Initiative, which documented how Black families often funded schools through taxes while being banned from attending them. (Source: Equal Justice Initiative, Segregation in America Report, 2018)

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Abortions in the United States increased in 2024 to an estimated 1.1 million, up from around 1.06 million in 2023 and 960,000 in 2022, according to new data from the Society of Family Planning’s WeCount project. The rise comes despite expanding restrictions in many states following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and ended nearly five decades of nationwide legal abortion access.⁠
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A growing share of abortions are now being carried out through telehealth, a form of remote medical care where patients consult with clinicians online and receive prescribed pills by mail. By the final quarter of 2024, telehealth abortions accounted for 25% of all abortions, up from just 5% before the Dobbs ruling. Many of these were made possible by shield laws in Democratic-led states that protect providers who prescribe abortion medication to patients in states where abortion is banned.⁠
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Three states have filed lawsuits to limit telehealth prescriptions of mifepristone, a drug commonly used in medication abortions. The Trump administration has argued those states lack legal standing.⁠
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