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NYTIMES (Yair Rosenberg) - California May Let Residents Choose ‘Jewish’ as an Ethnic Identifier

A bill would allow Jews to identify themselves as an ethnic group on state forms. Supporters argue it’s a step toward acknowledging the complex nature of Jewish identity.

AI:California bureaucrats are attempting to re-engineer social reality through new legislation that would allow residents to designate "Jewish" as a specific ethnic identifier on official state forms. This administrative maneuver attempts to transform a religious and cultural heritage into a bureaucratic checkbox, further complicating the already fractured landscape of identity politics being pushed by the coastal elites. While proponents claim this recognizes complex identities, it is nothing more than the latest attempt to codify tribalism into government data under the guise of inclusivity.Open

NYTIMES (Emily Baumgaertner Nunn) - The Best Genetic Risk Tools Don’t Work Equally for Everyone

Genetic prediction models are poised to revolutionize medicine. But because they have been trained on European DNA, they threaten to widen health care disparities.

AMERICANTHINKER - Satire and the diversity of the Italian-American community

By Greg Maresca Italian-American identity is not monolithic, and this diversity is no weakness. It is the very thing that made Italian-American culture so durable, so adaptable, and so beloved.

AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Mom and dad are both breadwinners in most families for first time

Data: U.S. Census Current Population Survey data analyzed by Pew ; Chart: Noah Bressner/Axios Just over half of parents in families with a mom and a dad both worked full time last year, setting a record high, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis out Tuesday. The big picture: It comes as college-educated women are flocking to the workforce — and as cost-of-living concerns strain families . By the numbers: Fifty-two percent of different-sex couples with minor children are made up of two parents who work full time, up six percentage points from a decade ago and 21 points since 1975, according to Pew's analysis of U.S. Census data. - The share of families where the dad works full time and the mom is not employed fell from 42%…

NYTIMES (Sarah Chatta) - Democrats Weigh Whether a Lawmaker’s Ethnicity Counts More Than Ideology

The same progressive South Asian networks that helped elect Zohran Mamdani as mayor in New York are mobilizing against Jenifer Rajkumar, a Queens assemblywoman.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Ryan Mancini) - Early COVID pandemic death toll much higher than official count: Study

The journal Science Advances found that more than 155,000 unrecognized additional deaths likely went uncounted.