Employers across the U.S. cut nearly 950,000 jobs this year through September, the largest number of layoffs since 2020, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Job cuts could surpass more than 1 million in 2025, the group forecast. The layoffs this year, although elevated, remain well below the massive workforce reductions in 2020, when the pandemic shuttered businesses across the nation, leading to 2 million layoffs through September of that year, Challenger noted.

America's biggest carmaker has laid off 200 staffers, days after reporting blockbuster earnings. GM — which owns Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick — issued pink slips to 200 workers, largely at the automaker's technical center in Warren, Michigan. The company uses the 69-year-old facility for its engineering, supply chain, AI, and technical development staff.

Target plans to cut around 1,800 corporate roles as part of an effort to remake its strategy to reverse a period of stagnant sales. Target announced Thursday it will lay off around 1,000 global corporate employees and cut 800 open roles. The move will cut around 8% of its approximately 22,000 corporate employees, with around 80% of the cuts in its U.S. ranks. “The truth is, the complexity we’ve created over time has been holding us back,” Michael Fiddelke, Target’s incoming chief executive, said in a memo sent to staff. “Too many layers and overlapping work have slowed decisions, making it harder to bring ideas to life.”

Consistent polling shows trust in America continues to fade – in government, institutions, even religion. Yet one new report finds that many still turn to the Bible, even as others question its relevance in modern life. For more than a decade, the American Bible Society has asked Americans each year about their relationship with scripture – asking who reads it, what they believe, and why it matters. The latest findings reveal a nation deeply divided over faith and trust. Only 36% of Americans believe the Bible is totally accurate, while 39% say it is not. Nearly 1 in 5 people see the Bible as a tool written to control or manipulate people...

Members of Gen Z (those who are 13 to 28) are going through an unprecedented mental health crisis. Forty-two percent of Gen Zers have been diagnosed with a mental health condition, with depression and anxiety leading the list. Over 70% feel stressed about work, money, or the future. And, as the most digitally connected generation, loneliness is at an all-time high.Many Gen Zers say that social media plays a significant role in their mental health problems, whether that’s being emotionally manipulated by big-tech algorithms or by feeling depressed after comparing themselves with their friends and influencers pretending they live a perfect life.This mental health crisis has created a world where self-help and therapy speak have become everyday jargon, and young people are an open audience to the world of self-help influencers, happiness hacks, and dopamine detox rituals. However, what if all of this could easily be solved by something relatively as simple as having a purpose in life?Anthony Burrow @CornellCHE knows that a sense of purpose is integral to the human experience, and his research is proving just how important a sense of purpose is—people actually tend to live longer and are less sick. https://t.co/4vgC9VXF7W pic.twitter.com/kVCiUYFSIq— Cornell Research & Innovation (@CornellRsrch) November 16, 2020 How does a sense of purpose lead to happiness?Cornell psychologist Anthony Burrow studied how his Gen Z students reacted to being given purpose and found that it drastically improved their happiness. The Contribution Project started in 2019 when Burrow gave students $400 “no strings” contributions to “pursue what matters most,” whether that meant helping themselves, their communities, or family members.Burrow and his team measured the Gen Zers who received the $400 versus those who didn’t, and shared their results with The Washington Post. Those who received the $400 were able to contribute, scoring much higher than those who did not on sense of belonging, latent well-being, sense of purpose, and feeling useful. These positive feelings lasted for up to eight weeks after they received the contribution.A 6-year research project found a surprisingly simple route to #happiness ???Results of a study out of Cornell suggest a happiness hack that can lead you toward a life of purpose. #idea?GO walk dogs at your local shelter?????#Free #GiftArticle https://t.co/WkhVPJagcL— Nanci Guest PhD, RD, CSCS (@NanciGuestRDPhD) October 24, 2025 Over the past six years, more than 1,200 students have received the contributions, and the results strongly support the idea that having a sense of purpose is closely linked to happiness. “Invite people to think about a contribution they want to make and help them [to] make that contribution, and that person may walk around with greater purpose than if they hadn’t done that,” Burrow told The Washington Post. Burrow was also happy to find that 95% of the students used their contribution to benefit others.Gen Zers are having a hard time finding meaning in lifeIt makes sense that having a sense of purpose could make a big difference in a young person’s life. Traditionally, college is when many people begin building an identity and a sense of purpose, but a recent study found that among young people, meaning is hard to come by. A recent study found that 58% of young adults said they experienced little to no purpose or meaning in their lives in the past month; half said that their mental health was negatively influenced by “not knowing what to do with my life.” This comes at a time when many institutions where people found purpose and meaning are on the decline. The same study found those who reported not having felt a sense of purpose or meaning were twice as likely to have mental health challenges, predominantly anxiety and depression. A young woman in distress. via Canva/PhotosAt a time when so many are struggling with a lack of meaning in their lives, it’s not too surprising that giving them a small sense of purpose did wonders for their mental health. Technology may have solved boredom and given people access to an incredible amount of information, art, and content. But it’s time to look a bit harder at what it doesn’t provide and see how we can bring a sense of purpose to people’s lives.

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