Will Gen Y Vote in 2012?
Categories: Current Events
Gen Y is the largest voting block this country has ever seen. But, will we use our influence?
More Fun With Statistics: The Unemployment Rate and African Americans
Categories: Current Events
Unemployment recently dropped at a record low for black men, despite the growing number of jobs added in April. Why is that?
A Different Kind of Activism
Categories: Current Events
Generation Y doesn’t march on the streets. Instead they take to Facebook and Twitter to protest. Could it be, though, that this is just as effective?
Why I Quit My Job in the Midst of Global Financial Chaos
Categories: Business
Our parents told us we could do whatever we wanted. But the financial collapse coincided with the emergence of the most educated applicant pool in history and we were forced to find any job we could. With a 14 percent unemployment rate and a generally dismal outlook, we realized our dreams might be out of reach. But we still don’t take those cubicle jobs that people would give limbs for. Because we ask, why shouldn’t work be fun?
Love may be colorblind, but others aren’t
Categories: Lifestyle
While research shows that Millennials are more comfortable with interracial relationships than any other generation, this author’s experience says otherwise.
How much do we know about our history?
Categories: Lifestyle
We learn about American history exactly twice in our lives: in eighth grade Social Studies class and in eleventh grade American History class. How much of what we learn in school about American history really sticks?
Millennials will save the world – you’ll see
Categories: Current Events
As children, Millennials were always told they could be whatever they wanted when they grew up. That they could take whatever path they wanted. This couldn’t be more true. There’s just a lot more riding on which way we go. In the words of Uncle Ben from Spiderman, “with great power, comes great responsibility.”
Text messages don’t say ‘I love you’
Categories: Lifestyle
Millennials are the first generation to devote so much time to studying and working abroad in cities other than the ones their significant others reside in. Technology has come a long way to help out those in long-distance relationships, but traditional relationship rules like long letters and phone calls are still necessary.
Gen Y waiting for our defining moment
Categories: Technology
Gen Y begins in 1978. That was the moment the birth rate began to increase again, indicating that we are the children of the Baby Boomers. A lot of people dismiss generation theory as silly, but I don’t think so.
Connectedness does not a creator make
Categories: Technology
The Millennial Generation is, without a doubt, the most connected generation yet. But it turns out connectedness isn’t everything. A recent article on the website Millennial Marketing says, “Millennials are some of the most avid users of mobile and Internet technology….[They] rely heavily on digital media to manage their daily life activities, stay informed and [...]
