DMNews

9 monthly subscriptions middle class families refuse to cancel even though they’re quietly going broke

Nobody goes broke from a single $15.99 charge. That’s the logic, anyway — the quiet arithmetic that runs underneath every ...
DMNews

The generation that saved nothing isn’t who you think. Gen X has the lowest retirement readiness of any living generation and nobody is sounding the alarm.

Generation X is approaching retirement with the lowest savings, the thinnest safety nets, and almost no policy attention — ...
DMNewsOpinion

Parents who confiscate their teenager’s phone at bedtime are fighting the wrong battle — the real reason teens can’t sleep is structural, biological, and about to get ...

New reporting reveals that the teen sleep crisis is driven far more by early school start times and biological circadian ...
Opinion
DMNewsOpinion

The real reason Gen X can’t retire isn’t poor planning. It’s that they spent twenty years funding two generations while their own wages stayed flat.

Gen X's retirement crisis isn't about poor planning or skipped 401(k) contributions. It's the predictable outcome of a generation that spent two decades funding the care economy with their personal ...
DMNews

8 simple ways to turn your side hustle into a real business in 2026 without spending a dime

The internet in 2026 is saturated with content about it. What we almost never talk about is the specific, mundane, unsexy ...
DMNews

Psychologists say people who do this one thing before bed are 40% less anxious—I tried it for 30 days

On a Tuesday in October, I sat on the edge of my bed with a notebook and a felt-tip pen and wrote: “I’m grateful for the ...
DMNews

Researchers found that X’s algorithm permanently shifts political opinions rightward — and turning it off doesn’t reverse the damage

A landmark Nature study of nearly 5,000 X users found that the platform's default algorithmic feed measurably shifts ...
DMNews

Children with Dravet syndrome went from hundreds of seizures a day to a handful a week after receiving a new genetic treatment called zorevunersen

A new drug called zorevunersen has reduced seizures by up to 90% in children with Dravet syndrome, a devastating form of ...
DMNews

Small businesses think they’re showing up — their customers disagree

Presence without strategy is absence with extra steps; showing up means meeting customers where their attention actually ...
DMNews

Psychology says the happiest people after 70 aren’t the ones who found purpose — they’re the ones who let go of these 7 exhausting habits

While everyone's searching for their life's purpose after 70, psychology reveals the happiest seniors are those who've mastered the art of subtraction — releasing the seven energy-draining habits that ...
DMNews

The daughters who stopped performing for their mothers didn’t lose the relationship. They discovered that what they’d been calling closeness was actually compliance, and ...

Daughters who stopped performing closeness with their mothers didn't lose the relationship — they discovered that what they'd been calling love was compliance, and the grief they felt wasn't loss but ...
DMNews

Children who were always told they were the smart one in the family aren’t thriving in adulthood the way their parents expected. They’re paralyzed by the fear that any ...

Children who grew up as 'the smart one' in their families often find themselves paralyzed by perfectionism in adulthood — not because they lack ability, but because their identity was welded to a ...