by Susan McWilliams Barndt Every year, I ask my political science students, “What is your earliest political memory?” I pose the question to figure out what political and cultural moments have shaped them. Over the years, their answers have served mainly to help me think about ...
by LZ Granderson Bring your parent to school, bring your child to work, bring your mother to a job interview. That last one may stick out as odd, but it is apparently a growing phenomenon in the workforce. A recent study indicates that as much as 25% of Generation Z job applicants ...
by Beth Kowitt Corporate America would very much like its employees to be quiet now. Executives have had enough of the bring-your-whole-self-to-work and speak-up-at-the-office grand experiment of the pandemic era. Across the U.S., C-Suites are yearning for a return to business as ...
Is it fair to ask teenagers to give up sports and parties to care for parents or other older relatives? That’s an important question these days, because so many now do. The Wall Street Journal reported on a 15-year-old high school kid, Leo Remis, who is helping his disabled mother. Leo ...
Boomers vs. Millennials by Robin Abcarian At a recent family dinner, various younger relatives were talking about music streaming services and began to wonder aloud whether Pandora was still around. They, of course, use Spotify. “Ask Mom,” said my 31-year-old millennial ...
by Jerald McNair Two years ago, America saw its youngest voters turn out for the midterm elections at rates not seen since 2018, when there was a historic high. Nearly 25% of Gen Z voters went to the polls in 2022, according to data from the Center for Information and Research on ...