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MyLLife Digest: July 2025

In a stunning act of legislative regression, the U.S. Senate and House have approved H.R.1 – 2025-2026, cynically dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill.” This legislation extends tax cuts originally enacted in 2017 for large corporations and high-income individuals, while simultaneously slashing essential federal aid programs like Medicaid and food subsidies that serve low-income Americans...

All major religions are based on faith that God is the source of our reality and that serving the shared interest and well-being of the human family and preserving/taking lessons from the natural world are ways to acknowledge and act on this reality...

On October 9, 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached an all-time high of 14,164 points. Just 18 months later, it had plummeted to 6,547 points, a devastating 53% decline that epitomized one of modern history's most severe financial crises. Over 8.7 million Americans lost their jobs, millions more lost their homes, and the global economy contracted in the worst downturn since the Great Depression...

Every time we scroll through the news or open our social media feeds, we’re met with images of devastation—bombings, refugee camps, starving children, families torn apart by war. For many Muslim Americans, especially those with roots in Palestine, Sudan, Afghanistan, or other conflict zones, these stories aren’t just news. They feel personal...

If you only saw the headlines, you’d think Los Angeles was collapsing. “ICE sweeps detain hundreds,” “National Guard deployed to LA,” “Downtown locked down.” The national media painted LA as a warzone, a city in crisis. But I live here, and I know better. The raids happened, the fear was real, and the trauma is ongoing—but the story they missed is this: Gen Z didn’t panic. We organized...

All of us at MyLLife are thrilled to introduce one of our 2025 MyLLife Scholars, Ayisha Siddiqa!

All of us at MyLLife are thrilled to introduce one of our 2025 Community Fellows, Tejaharshita Mullapudi!