Millenials

'I Want To Be Part Of A Generation That Doesn't Lose Steam'

Michelle Castellanos | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Kurt Cobain, Obama Barnard, Baby Boomers, Boomers, Social Engagement, Social Change, Millennial Generation, Millenials, Teen News

My generation has to pick up where the previous one left off. Not only do we have to fix the problems of our generation, but we also have to finish what the boomers started.

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The Top 9 Things Employers Value In Recent Grads

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Experience Inc., Hiring Trends, Liberal Arts Majors, Internships, Engineering Majors, Finding a Job, Millenials, Employers, Job Hunting, Recent Graduates, Survey, Millennial Branding, Slidepollajax, College Graduates, College News

A new survey holds some good news for liberal arts majors. It has certainly been said that a liberal arts degree is impractical for this economic c...

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Understanding Millennials: 6 Lessons About the 20-Something Generation

Sandy Thompson | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Consumerism, Millenial Culture, Luxury, Millenials, Money, Millenials-Optimism, Marketing, Millenial Generation, Spendthrift, Millenial-Generation, Business News

When it comes to this generation they are not going to wait. They are not going to settle. They are not going to do 'the right thing'. They are going to do what works for them. Their journey is ongoing, and with it comes their stories.

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Obama and the Bully: The Cornering of Mitt Romney

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, Military, Millenials, Politicians, President Barack Obama, Harvard Institute on Politics, Mitt Romney, Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy in the Military, Lesbians, Community Organizing, Gays, Baby Boomers, Vice President Joe Biden, Gay Marriage, Republicans, Politics News

To a generation of current and future voters, Barack Obama has deftly offered a choice: a respectful and inclusive voice of the future; versus a schoolyard tormenter aligned with the intolerant voices of the past. Not bad for a community organizer.

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Ryan Gosling's Up To Some Good In LA

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Ryan Gosling Documentary, I Am Congo, Video, Millenials, Regeneration, Enough Project, Ryan Gosling, Slidepollajax, Regeneration Documentary, Millenials Documentary, Los Angeles News

Hey girl, do you love the sound of Ryan Gosling's voice? Well, tonight you can listen to it for almost two hours straight. Thursday night, "#ReGEN...

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'The Most Important Job In the World'

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Ambition, Ann Romney, Self-Definition, Millenials, College Graduation, Mommy Wars, Meghan Daum, Identity, Iconic Self, Women News

We are not our roles. And we are not our resumes. And if that leaves you wondering what's left, well, you're certainly not alone.

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5 Ways Boomers Have Changed The Culture: Study

Huff/Post50 | Anthonia Akitunde | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Education, Middle Age, Future, Boomers, Millenials, Spirituality, Fifty News

Whether its through fantastic offspring, a genre-shifting piece of work or a successful business, the idea of leaving behind a lasting legacy is a pre...

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Why I'm Not an Environmentalist

Lisa Curtis | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Green, Environmentalism, Van Jones, Green Jobs, Millenials, Environment Millenials, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News

I believe in climate change. I ride my bike everywhere, I work at a solar company, I buy organic and local when I can. I am young, liberal and idealistic. But I'm not an environmentalist. And I'm not alone.

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Are We Methuselah?

Charles Peralo | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Methuselah, Millenials, Aging, Longevity, Life Expectancy, Methuselah Fly, Overpopulation, Teen News

The fourth massive stage in human history is here. So the key now is spreading this information in order to speed up the process. With that education, financial and medical reforms will be made.

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Social Enterprise Means Reaching Our Highest Potential

Lisa Curtis | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Jobs, Meaningful Work, Jobs-for-Young-People, Millenials, Work, Social Entrepreneurship, Gen Y, Impact News

Reimagining work amidst a global recession might seem crazy, but as Albert Einstein famously said, the true definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

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Let's Talk About Sex

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Girls, The Wall Street Journal, Millenials, Erica Jong, Sexual Revolution, Sex, Hbo, Reproductive Rights, Hanna Rosin, Gloria Steinem, Rick Santorum, New York Times, Frank Bruni, The Daily Beast, Feminism, Lena Dunham, Women News

Women today are raised on empowering messages. From the time we're little, we're told girls can do anything boys can do. This doesn't mean we should do things the way they do.

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Analysis of Kony 2012: Lying to Tell the Truth

Winnie Kao | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Social Media, Internet, Millenials, Viral Videos, Marketing, Youtube, Kony 2012, Storytelling, Joseph Kony, Invisible Children, Uganda, Stories, Social Media Marketing, Jason Russell, Generation Y, Impact News

The reason that this video went viral is because so much strategy and funding went into making sure that it triggered certain reactions for the audience.

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What's the Deal With Generation 'Why Bother'? One 20-Something Speaks Out

LearnVest | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: 20-Somethings, Generation Y, Millenials, Gen Y, Women News

People have a lot of opinions about money. In our "Money Mic" series, we hand over the podium to someone with a strong opinion on a financial topic. ...

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How The Internet Has Truly Changed Activisim

Kate Otto | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Aids, HIV/AIDS, Act-Up-25-Years, How to Survive a Plague, AIDS Activism, Millenials, ACT UP, AIDs Epidemic, Video, Impact News

There are many ways in which our digitized world has allowed us to raise awareness like never before, but ACT UP's legacy reminds me that the Internet can give us the easy way out sometimes.

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Fellow Millennials, Listen Up: The Case for Personal Responsibility

Mari Fagel | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Pbs, Millennial Generation, Unpaid Internships, New York Law School, Charlie Rose, Responsiblity, Millenials, Culture News

You can't blame a school because you spent thousands of dollars of tuition money and didn't get the job you wanted because, at the end of the day, it was your own choice to go to school.

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New Generation, Same Story?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: The Nation, Workplace, Millenials, Gen Y, Gender Pay Gap, Bryce Covert, u.s. Department of Education, Accenture, Opting-Out, Maternal Wall, Feminism, Equal Pay Day, Women News

When young women declare themselves optimistic about women in the workplace in the very same survey in which they point out gender-based inequities, you kind of have to worry.

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Soldier. Designer. Star.

Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Willie Charles, Baby Boomers, Generation Y, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Millenials, Veteran Youth, Veteran Teens, Baby Boomer Generation, Millenial Generation, Veteran Youths, Generation Y Generation, Get on the Shelf, Get on the Shelf Walmart, Millennials in the Workplace, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Impact News

Millennials have been at war, or watching war, for most of their lives. Rather than be victimized by tough times, they are like the Greatest Generation. Fighting and returning.

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Another Decade, Another New Way To Parent

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Science of Parenting, Gen X, Millenials, Parenting Philosophies, Gen Y, Parenting, Parenting Trends, Raising Kids, Parents News, Generations of Parents, Ucla, Center on Everyday Lives of Families, Spoiled Kids, Parentry, Modern Parenting, Raising Spoiled Kids, Baby Boomers, Celf, Parents News

How quickly does American parenting change? Are today's parents different than they were 10 years ago?

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It's Time to #FixYoungAmerica

Scott Gerber | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Junior Achievement, Startup America, Student Debt, Higher Education, Entrepreneurship Education, #FixYoungAmerica, Student Loans, Young Entrepreneur Council, Self-Employment-Assistance, Unemployment, Millenials, Impact News

Youth employment is at a 60-year low. Student loan debt is approaching $1 trillion. Yet young Americans are far more optimistic about our country's future than the pundits would have you believe.

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The End Of The American Dream?

The Atlantic | Derek Thompson | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Home Ownership, Young People, Millenials, Saving Money, Spending Money, American Dream, Generation Y, Money News

When older generations wonder what's the matter with Millennials, they often judge their younger cohorts against such financial and social benchmarks ...

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Millenials and the Culture of Compliance

Matt Durham | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Political Crimes, Political Scandal, Watergate, Millenials, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Dick Cheney in My Time, Dick Cheney, Politics News

A dangerous moral vacuum exists among our nation's leaders. They know certain things they can always get away with, and certain things they cannot. Indefinite detention? Fine. Infidelity? Your head on a platter.

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Generation Y's Surprising Stock Market Disconnect

Emily Cohn | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Investing, Millenials, 401k, Saving for Retirement, Stock Market, Retirement, Investing in Stocks, Millennial Generation, Gen-Y-Finances, Generation Y, Retirement Planning, Business News

Growing up during America's "lost decade" has certainly taken a toll on Generation Y, which has lived through the tech bust in 2000 and the financial ...

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The Coming Age of the Family Caregiver

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Aging, Aarp, Gen X, Personal Care, Millenials, Baby Boomers, Caregiving, Caregiving Elderly, Family Caregiving, Caregiver, Home Caregiving, Caregivers, Health News News

The next 30 years will be defined by the quality of care we provide for our elders. How will the baby boomers age and die? How are we as their kids going to care for them well and honor their memory and legacy? What kind of lives will we review?

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Millennials And Baby Boomers: At Odds Or Peas In A Pod?

www.forbes.com | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Workforce, Baby Boomers, Workplace, Millenials, Generations, Generational Divide, Millenial Generation, Boomers, Technology, Communication, Fifty News

On a recent Friday afternoon a colleague stopped by my desk, and by the look on her face, I could tell she came for one thing and one thing only. S...

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Presidential Candidates Missing Common Sense Strategies With the Millenials

Jessica Headley | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: President Obama Administration, Elections 2012, Young Adults, Millenials, Politics News

In the well of progression lies sustainable wisdom and birthing of new ideas. Young adults are the bearers of much of that utility, and therefore ough...

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