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• Choosing a career? In a fast-changing job market, listen to your inner self – counselor

  04-01-2026 19:33 via chicagodefender.com
  Unsplashby Kobus Maree, University of PretoriaThe world of work today, in the 21st century, is far more unpredictable than it was in the 20th century. Jobs come and go, roles change constantly, and automation and digital disruption are the only constants. Many young people will one day do jobs that don’t yet exist or did not exist a few years ago. Change is the new normal.In this world, career counselling focuses on navigating repeated transitions and developing resilience. It is about emp
  
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• Harris and McDaniel: Democrats can’t win in 2026 on Trump resistance alone

  04-01-2026 18:00 via chicagodefender.com
  By Kevin Harris and Richard McDaniel
  (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Democrats ended 2025 with important victories that steadied a rattled party still reeling from Donald Trump’s return to power. Yet even after those wins, Democratic approval ratings remain stubbornly low. A recent Quinnipiac University poll found only 18 percent of voters approve of the way congressional Democrats are handling their jobs. A record low of 73 percent disapprove. In stark contrast, congressional Republicans have
  
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• John Warren: Remembering those we lost and planning ahead

  04-01-2026 17:52 via chicagodefender.com
  Each year’s end, the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint publishes, with photos where possible, a list of those members of our community who transitioned during the year. For all of us, it serves as a reminder that our time on this earth is limited; that we should value how we use that time and that we know not when our time expires. For many of us, it answers the questions as to why we have not seen someone lately that we often run into in the course of our activities. But this is not a time
  
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• RENEE P. ALDRICH: End-of-year musings for us seniors

  04-01-2026 00:30 via chicagodefender.com
  We are about to close out the year 2025. If you are reading this, then you are one of the fortunate ones still standing and are therefore truly blessed. We’ve been truly bombarded with a few knockdown punches this year, yet we’ve made it thus far, because we were knocked down, but not out. We’ve been faced with an unprecedented ugly display of the worst racism since Jim Crow from this new administration, which I believe has been the “bane” of our existence.We&rsquo
  
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