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Society Reporter
Daniel Okafor reports on communities, education and social change. His work explores how people adapt to shifting family structures, housing and technology, with an emphasis on voices that are often overlooked.
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More families are choosing to live with grandparents, adult children or both. The reasons go beyond housing costs, and the arrangement works best when it is planned with care.
A growing number of schools now ask students to lock away their phones for the day. Here is how the policies work in practice, and what educators say has changed.
Young people are giving their time in new ways, from one-off events to remote skills-based projects. Charities are adapting to meet them halfway.
Cafes, parks, libraries and community centers offer the informal connection many urban residents say they lack. Here is why these spaces matter and how cities are rethinking them.