Sep 30 Watch 11:31 Shields and Brooks on Trump’s ‘solitariness’ and Clinton’s fight for millennials By PBS News Hour Since Monday night's debate, Donald Trump's taxes and tweets have drawn rapt attention. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the "bizarreness" of the week's campaign developments, Hillary Clinton’s struggle to… Continue watching
Aug 22 How diverse millennial voters are challenging pollsters’ expectations By Gillian Flaccus, Tamara Lush and Martha Irvine, Associated Press Millennial voters' disdain for traditional party affiliation have made them particularly unpredictable. Continue reading
Aug 18 Where millennials are more likely to live with Mom and Dad By Tim Henderson, Stateline Almost a third of young adults — 18 to 34 — lived with a parent in 2014, making it the most common living arrangement for that age group for the first time in modern history. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 8:58 Does Trump’s presidential effort amount to ‘campaign malpractice’? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, a Wall Street Journal editorial urged Donald Trump to change or drop out. The GOP nominee is polling well behind Hillary Clinton in key states and struggling with the millennial vote. Trump delivered a foreign policy speech on… Continue watching
Aug 15 Why aren’t Millennials racking up credit card debt? By Courtney Norris An analysis by The New York Times reported that millennials are taking on fewer mortgage and auto loans than previous generations, and as a result, they use credit cards less than people did at their age in the past. Continue reading
Aug 01 Most grads say college is a worthy investment, but support making college tuition free By Kulsoom Khan According to a Bankrate survey released Monday, 89 percent of four-year college grads believe that their degree was a good investment. Continue reading
Jul 25 How are millennials leaving their mark on the Rust Belt? By Tim Henderson, Stateline Baltimore — along with Buffalo, New York; Chicago; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Pittsburgh and St. Louis — is experiencing some of the biggest increases in the number of young college graduates among large cities. They are hoping this wave of young… Continue reading
May 12 Millennials may eventually shift public opinion on slavery reparations By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press More than half of millennials questioned say they are willing to at least consider the idea of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading
Feb 12 Column: Why millennial women don’t want to call themselves feminists By Denise Cummins Why do the vast majority of Americans believe in equality for women in the workplace and the home, yet refuse to call themselves "feminists"?… Continue reading
Feb 03 2016 voters will be most diverse ever By Kenya Downs Voters in this year’s presidential election will be some of the most diverse ever, according to the Pew Research Center. By Election Day, nearly one-in-three eligible voters will be Hispanic, black, Asian or any other racial and ethnic minority. Continue reading