Day: June 28, 2024

Immigration is playing a big role in the 2024 election and was featured in Thursday night’s presidential debate on CNN. NPR looks at the facts behind the candidates’ claims.

(Image credit: Scott Olson)

In other news, a weird monolith showed up outside Las Vegas, a star athlete was disappointed and a celebrity had a tough week.

Immigration, abortion and the economy were among the election-year questions the candidates were asked in the 90-minute CNN Presidential Debate. Here are a few of the issues that took center stage.

(Image credit: Gerald Herbert)

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to move ahead with a long-stalled rule to protect borrowers from repeated attempts to collect loan payments from bank accounts with insufficient funds.

(Image credit: Nam Y. Huh)

Marriage has long been considered a goal to aspire to and a conventional path to happiness. But over the last few decades, the traditional view of marriage as the cornerstone of adult life has been questioned. Changes in economic conditions, gender roles, and cultural values have fueled a reevaluation of whether marriage is still desirable or necessary for personal fulfillment and social stability. Those who believe it’s better to get married argue that married individuals report better physical and mental well-being, compared to single adults. They also experience economic and social benefits. Those who believe it’s better to be single say singledom helps promote independence, allows individuals to make decisions freely, makes it likely to create broader social networks and communities, and feel more fulfilled than they would if they felt pressured to be partnered. 

  

Whether you are in a relationship or not, we debate the following prompt: Married or Single? 

Arguing Married: Jonathan Rothwell, Principal Economist at Gallup  

Arguing Single: Bella DePaulo, Social Scientist and Author of “Singled Out” and “Single at Heart” 

 

Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Новости Радио Свобода: точность, оперативность, беспристрастность

Israel and Egypt agreed to allow nearly 20 critically ill children to leave Gaza. This is the first major evacuation since the Rafah border closed last month.