Google is giving full-time workers and interns the day off today, creating a four-day holiday weekend, to promote well-being in this seventh month of the pandemic. "Please take the time to do whatever you need for yourselves," the company said.

Macalester College's Donnie Brooks is one of only two Black athletic directors in Minnesota's 30 NCAA-competing colleges -- and Macalester is the only one with Black head coaches. Brooks' goal is to increase those numbers to create a richer all-around experience, because, as Macalester basketball coach Abe Woldeslassie says, "I need to make sure this program performs well. So that other coaches who look like me get a chance."

First-time unemployment claims in the US are rising, indicating that employers are still laying off workers to cope with the coronavirus recession. States received 833,000 new claims for regular unemployment and 759,000 new claims last week from part-time workers, freelancers and others covered by the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, both higher than the previous week's totals.

The aging population will "literally change everything," and US cities will be the first to adapt in areas such as housing, transportation and the workplace, said Paul Irving, distinguished scholar in residence at the University of Southern California's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Irving said while some changes may be framed as helping older adults, they make common sense for everyone.

Researchers have focused on aerobic exercise when studying how exercise affects mental health, but the link between resistance training and emotional disorders is an emerging area for exercise science, says Jacob Meyer, an assistant professor of kinesiology at Iowa State University. Lorne David Opler writes that studies have suggested resistance training may improve anxiety and depression.

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