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Born in the Early ’80s: Where Are They Now?
It’s hard out there for young people these days. And it’s really hard for young people without a college degree. The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday released new data on America’s...
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More High School Grads Decide College Isn’t Worth It
As the U.S. economy improves, more high school graduates are choosing work over college. Just under 66 percent of the class of 2013 was enrolled in college last fall, the lowest share of new graduates...
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Dear Mona, I’ve Been in My Job For 3 Years. Am I Normal?
Dear Mona, I have been in the same job for three years. Am I normal? Melissa, 27, Washington, D.C. Dear Melissa, My answer depends on your career aspirations. Three years is the median amount of time...
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Don’t Blame Age For Declining U.S. Entrepreneurship
A couple of months back, I noted that despite all the attention paid to Silicon Valley’s startup economy, overall entrepreneurship in the U.S. has been falling for more than three decades. Last week,...
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Bad News For The Class Of 2008
Timing is everything. And for Joe Moser the timing was bad. He graduated from the University of Iowa’s law school in 2011, one of the worst years to graduate from law school ever. He worked as a...
View ArticleThink Millennials Prefer The City? Think Again.
Here’s the usual media narrative: Millennials prefer cities to suburbs. They love renting lofts and disdain single-family homes; they ride the subway (or take an Uber) because they barely know how to...
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Why Millennials Are Less Urban Than You Think
Are millennials increasingly living in cities? If you’re a young college graduate in Brooklyn, that sounds like a stupid question. Between 2000 and 2013, the share of adults living in Brooklyn who were...
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Enough Already About The Job-Hopping Millennials
As more and more millennials enter the workforce, companies are scrambling to figure out how to retain their younger employees. Or at least so says The Wall Street Journal, which is the latest...
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Millennials Are Not Ruining The NBA
Hot Takedown More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them...
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Ban Tax Day (As We Know It)
This is In Real Terms, a column analyzing the week in economic news. Comments? Criticisms? Ideas for future columns? Email me or drop a note in the comments. Ted Cruz and Elizabeth Warren don’t agree...
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Stuck In Your Parents’ Basement? Don’t Blame The Economy
This is In Real Terms, a column analyzing the week in economic news. Comments? Criticisms? Ideas for future columns? Email me or drop a note in the comments. The image of the 20-something still living...
View ArticleYoung Millennials Love Obama, But Clinton Is Struggling To Win Them Over
It’s usually difficult to get a clear look at which way the youngest voters are leaning. Pollsters have trouble reaching them, and they’re often excluded when a survey breaks out its results by group....
View ArticleThese 20-Somethings Could Be Elected To Congress
It’s clear that Congress will be full of plenty of fresh faces next year, but some of them may be fresher than others. As CNN reported, for the first time, millennials will constitute a plurality of...
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How Pete Buttigieg Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination
You’d be forgiven for not knowing, or at least not knowing how to pronounce, Pete Buttigieg’s last name (it’s boot-uh-judge). His political experience to date includes two terms as mayor of South Bend,...
View ArticleMillennials Are Leaving Religion And Not Coming Back
Millennials have earned a reputation for reshaping industries and institutions — shaking up the workplace, transforming dating culture, and rethinking parenthood. They’ve also had a dramatic impact on...
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Is One Generation Taking The Coronavirus Less Seriously Than Others? Not Really.
There’s been a lot of finger pointing in the past few days over who isn’t taking the coronavirus seriously. Some have pointed to millennials out at bars or brunch, saying they are not taking...
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There’s A New Age Gap On Abortion Rights
Abortion There’s A New Age Gap On Abortion Rights By Daniel Cox Jun. 1, 2022, at 6:00 AM Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images Americans’ views on abortion have been relatively consistent for years...
View ArticleWhy Are There So Many Boomers In Congress?
Transcript Geoffrey Skelley: Congress is old. In fact, it’s gotten steadily older over the past few decades. In 1981, the median age was about 49 for a representative and about 52 for a senator. In...
View ArticleAre Young Voters Staying Liberal Longer?
There’s been a lot thrown at Republican voters over the past few weeks. The field of primary candidates has doubled; the leading contender in the primary was federally indicted on 37 counts related to...
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