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Millennials Will Be
Our Greatest Generation

OPINION

Mar 29, 2014 1:56 PM CDT

Millennials Will Be Our Greatest Generation

Given time, they will outshine even Brokaw's favorites: Chris Erskine

(Newser) - A columnist in the Los Angeles Times today makes the bold assertion that millennials are poised to be our "greatest generation." And no, Chris Erskine is not a millennial himself. But he's taught them, coached them, and worked beside them, and he can't say enough good...

Almost Half of Millennial
Moms Aren't Married

Almost Half of Millennial Moms Aren't Married

And other facts about the generation

(Newser) - Millennials are getting married later and at a slower pace than previous generations—in part because of economic harships—and that's leading to a lot of babies born out of wedlock. Roughly 47% of the millennial women who had babies in 2012 weren't married, compared with 35% of...

Protective Parents
Could Kill the NFL

OPINION

Oct 19, 2012 3:20 PM CDT

Protective Parents Could Kill the NFL

How concussion awareness could hit football's talent pipeline

(Newser) - Will the Millennials be the generation that killed pro football? Morley Winograd and Michael Hais, who've written two books on Millennials, think so, because if any generation is going to be scared off by the reports of the long-term risks of the game, it's them. "Millennials are...

How Millennials Are Going
to Improve the Workplace

Aug 17, 2012 5:09 PM CDT

How Millennials Are Going to Improve the Workplace

They won't tolerate our work-too-much lifestyles, writes Emily Matchar

(Newser) - Gen Y millennials have begun arriving in force in the workplace, and given their reputation as self-centered, spoiled brats, this can only be a bad thing, right? Exactly the opposite, writes Emily Matchar in the Washington Post , who at 30 thinks of herself as an "older sister" to millennials....

Meet 'Generation Screwed'

OPINION

Jul 16, 2012 1:56 PM CDT

Meet 'Generation Screwed'

Past generations have made things hard for millennials: Joel Kotkin

(Newser) - Today's youth is known as the Millennial Generation, but they may as well be called Generation Screwed. In the Daily Beast , Joel Kotkin runs down depressing statistic after depressing statistic showing that "their parents' fiscal profligacy and economic mismanagement" has doomed young people:

The median net worth of

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GOP Should Look to Millennials, Change Its Tone

OPINION

May 11, 2012 12:54 PM CDT

GOP Should Look to Millennials, Change Its Tone

US is in for a long-range cultural shift: Michael Gerson

(Newser) - The gay-marriage debate prompts Michael Gerson at the Washington Post to remind Republicans that the nation "is in the midst of a large, consequential shift" in attitudes thanks to the rising generation of 20-something millennials. Generally speaking, they're more socially liberal, not big fans of organized religion, and...

'Generation Catalano' Falls Between Generation X and the Millenials

Not Gen X or a Millennial? Hello, 'Generation Catalano'

Oct 25, 2011 1:15 PM CDT

Not Gen X or a Millennial? Hello, 'Generation Catalano'

'This micro-generation is hard to pin down': Doree Shafrir

(Newser) - Perhaps last week’s Generation X screed didn’t quite ring true to you—but neither did the article about the Millennial Generation that prompted it. If so, you might be a member of “Generation Catalano,” born during the Carter administration and forever stuck between two groups that...

Welcome to the
Real World;
It Stinks

joe queenan

May 17, 2010 1:56 PM CDT

Welcome to the Real World; It Stinks

Class of 2010 has dim prospects and unrealistic expectations

(Newser) - A meeting with a childhood friend of his twentysomething son—an Ivy League grad making $250 a week as an intern with a street fair—got Joe Queenan thinking. His inescapable conclusion: the millennials are screwed. "With the obvious exception of youngsters born during the Great Depression," Queenan...

10% of Under-25s OK
With Texting During Sex

10% of Under-25s OK With Texting During Sex

Millennials also more likely to send SMS while eating, in bathroom

(Newser) - "Sexting" might need a new definition, notes Mashable : 10% of people under age 25 think it's OK to text during sex. Consumer electronics site Retrevo asked a number of millennials about the limits of multitasking. Besides the stunning revelation that even the most intimate activity possible isn't safe from...

The Millennial:
Tech-Savvy, Still Living With Mom

Mar 28, 2010 10:44 AM CDT

The Millennial: Tech-Savvy, Still Living With Mom

Peter Pan lurks among underemployed 20somethings

(Newser) - Maybe it's the crap economy, or maybe they're just sensitive, but 20-something millennials are proving you can go home again—in fact, you can never leave. Long lauded for their tech savvy, the Washington Post notes that 20-somethings are not only not flying the coop later than previous generations, they're...

Politics Driving Young Away From Religion

Analysis

Feb 25, 2010 2:33 PM CST

Politics Driving Young Away From Religion

Millennials less likely to belong to a faith; conservatives blamed

(Newser) - Young people are turning their backs on religion, with a whopping one in four 18- to 29-year-olds unaffiliated with any particular faith, according to a recent Pew study of the so-called “Millennial” generation. Yet the number who say they believe in god or pray frequently is similar to past...

Why Are Democrats
Ignoring the Young?

EJ Dionne

Feb 25, 2010 11:42 AM CST

Why Are Democrats Ignoring the Young?

Millennials hold the future of the party

(Newser) - Democrats aren’t paying attention to the demographic that ought to be the foundation of a new progressive era of politics: Young people. Millennials, those born in 1981 or after, are the most liberal and democratic demographic out there, argues EJ Dionne of the Washington Post . They’re not only...

Why Millenials Are
Quitting Teaching

OPINION

Aug 9, 2009 12:53 PM CDT

Why Millenials Are Quitting Teaching

(Newser) - Sarah Fine arrived to teach at an inner-city school 4 years ago, ready to “‘give back’ after spending 22 years in a suburban, Ivy League bubble,” she writes in the Washington Post. Now, like so many other young teachers, she’s leaving—not just because she’s...

Climate Change May Usher GOP Into Ice Age

ANALYSIS

May 8, 2009 11:36 AM CDT

Climate Change May Usher GOP Into Ice Age

Republican Party ignores young voters' top concern—at its peril

(Newser) - By steadfastly opposing action on climate change, the GOP is signing its own death warrant, writes David S. Bernstein in the Boston Phoenix. The so-called “Millennial” generation—those born in 1980-2000—is 100 million strong, and doesn’t share Republicans' blasé attitude toward the environment. Says a Harvard analyst,...

Tough Times Force
Gen Y to Buckle Down

Glossies

Jan 5, 2009 8:05 PM CST

Tough Times Force Gen Y to Buckle Down

Young talent may have to stay put, but Managers need to keep them engaged

(Newser) - They're just out of school, but Millennials—the Gen Y techies who expect jobs-a-plenty and accommodating bosses—are hitting career walls in a plunging economy, the Economist reports. These Internet-savvy job-hoppers are cringing as managers get tough and autonomy withers. “The recession is creating lower turnover, but also higher...

Author Just Talking 'Bout
X Generation

new release

Apr 18, 2008 1:07 PM CDT

Author Just Talking 'Bout X Generation

'Ignored' demographic keeps 'everything from sucking,' book argues

(Newser) - Between the stuck-in-the-'60s boomers and their blog-happy offspring is a mighty yet forgotten generation, Jeff Gordinier writes in his new book, X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft But Can Still Keep Everything From Sucking. From less Dylan to more Cobain, the author wants the "dark-horse...