Financial Infidelity; Undergrads And Underoos; The Jobs Manufacturers Can't Automate

Plus, mandatory vaccinations and the legal battle to avoid them [NPR] Stories And Podcasts You May Have Missed [Mueller report redactions]( Elissa Nadworny/NPR Nearly 4 million college students — about a fifth of all undergraduates — are writing papers and taking exams while also raising children. Despite getting better grades than their childless classmates, they’re also less likely to graduate. ["These are the people we need to be investing in," says one researcher]( — and that means campuses need to become more family-friendly. An estimated 41% of U.S. adults admit to hiding accounts, debts or spending habits from their spouse or partner, and financial infidelity can be just as hard to cope with as the more traditional variety. "What else don't I know? What else is he hiding?" one woman said of her spouse, whose secret debt ballooned to $20,000. “[The trust part was the hardest thing to get back.]( Riley Howell, 21, was one of two people killed in a shooting at the University of North Carolina Charlotte on Tuesday, but police say he may have saved a lot of lives. [Unable to run or hide, he charged the suspect and knocked him off his feet]( leading to him being disarmed. Automation may be replacing a lot of manufacturing jobs in the United States, but even in the largest plants, a human touch is still critical. At a Volvo plant in South Carolina, for instance, robots may build the cars, but [eyes are better than cameras at spotting imperfections, and some complex parts need living hands to connect](. An NPR investigation into the mismanagement of a Department of Education grant program is starting to pay off for the affected teachers. An outside company had [incorrectly converted the grants into loans that had be repaid; that’s now been reversed for 2,300 teachers]( who had worked years in challenging schools to meet the grants’ requirements. Waiting until marriage to have sex is relatively rare in the United States. [For Adam and Laura Hardin, holding off on sex meant needing to talk about it — a lot](. But after a few days of frustrating trial and error and some advice from a friend, they figured it out and now have a growing family. They spoke with All Things Considered [as part of the show’s series on sex](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Best Podcasts Of The Week Hulton Archive/Getty Images Vaccination didn’t start in the 1950s, and neither did resistance to it. Throughline looks at [the history of mandatory vaccination and the legal fight against it]( through the lens of a 1905 Supreme Court case. With measles outbreaks popping up again, here’s [what you need to know about the illness — including whether you should seek a booster shot](. Planet Money’s Indicator podcast takes you inside the dark, cutthroat world of … stocking grocery store shelves. Products don’t make it to the top or bottom shelf on a whim -- [companies pay big money to get prime placement](. Politics and language around race in the United States can be confusing; [in France, it’s downright confounding](. Two black Americans (translation: Américains black) explain what they found in the land of “liberté, égalité, fraternité." Humans remain hardwired to prioritize survival, which makes it hard to keep in mind the future and saving money for it. Life Kit offers [six tips to make saving easier]( including making as much of it automatic as possible. --------------------------------------------------------------- All Thumbs, None Green Your editor is a known plant assassin, and yet each spring brings renewed, unfounded, almost certainly futile hope. If you face similar struggles, [several NPR stations across the country offer podcasts that may help](. Probably not soon enough to earn [this beautiful weirdo]( a stay of execution, though. — Christopher Dean Hopkins --------------------------------------------------------------- We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: [bestofnpr@npr.org](mailto:bestofnpr@npr.org?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback) Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Daily News, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to our Best of NPR emails. | [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( | NPR 1111 N. CAPITOL ST. NE WASHINGTON DC 20002 [NPR]