2008 Installment of Freshman Thoughts and Values
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 amI only wish I could have taken part in this survey: the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA has published the latest installment in its…
Posts Tagged ‘young people’
Are We the Baby Boomerang Generation?
By Jessica Hillyard - Jan 15th, 2009 at 12:08 pmAccording to The Boston Globe, it seems that young people are moving back in with their parents in greater numbers. While the experts cited in…
It Can’t All Be About Obama
By Jesse Singal - Dec 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pmEthan Porter has a really good piece in the most recent issue of Democracy (free registration required) about what Barack Obama’s presidency will mean to…
Public is the New Private
By Lauren Silverman - Dec 16th, 2008 at 2:29 pmThe private sector looks like a scary place to put your money–or your resume–right now. Like most other young people, I don’t have the former,…
OMG Hooking Up!
By Kay Steiger - Dec 15th, 2008 at 5:24 pmSo says the New York Times opinion column from this weekend by Charles Blow (heh, blow). Apparently Blow thinks that this strange thing known as…
Real Fans Call Them G’N'F’R
By L. Russell Allen - Dec 2nd, 2008 at 5:18 pmIn keeping up with paying far too much attention to frivilous matters, I’d like to point out how truly stupid one line from Kareen Wynter’s…
Youth Politics, Lebanon-style
By Jesse Singal - Nov 21st, 2008 at 11:45 amHezbollah is so hot right now:
RIYAQ, Lebanon — On a Bekaa Valley playing field gilded by late-afternoon sun, hundreds of young men wearing Boy…
Tom Brokaw Thinks We Suck
By L. Russell Allen - Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:24 amInterim Meet the Press host and former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw loves generations. The World War II generation? They’re the greatest. The boomers?…
Do College Professors Influence Their Students’ Political Views?
By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 3:10 pmShort answer: No
Longer answer: According to research done by some public policy professors at George Mason University and other schools, there is no discernible…
Hip-Hop Republicans Try to Change Their Party’s Focus
By Andy Kroll - Oct 31st, 2008 at 4:44 pmThe following is the second of two posts on The Hip-Hop Republicans, a group of young people aiming to reinvent the Republican Party. You can…
You Down With GOP?
By Andy Kroll - Oct 31st, 2008 at 1:49 pmThe following is the first of two posts on The Hip-Hop Republicans, a group of young people aiming to reinvent the Republican Party. Look for…
Talking ‘Bout Our Generation: Luke Russert
By Jessica Hillyard - Oct 30th, 2008 at 10:29 amSome people have discounted Luke Russert, speculating that his father’s unfortunate early death led some NBC higher-ups to offer him a job as a correspondent…
NY Times Seeks Debate Analysis from Students
By Emily Rutherford - Oct 17th, 2008 at 1:59 pmOn Thursday, The New York Times‘ election blog included extensive blogging from 20 college newspaper editors from around the country. Apparently they did this for…
The Most Surreal Election Panel Ever
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 14th, 2008 at 2:13 pmI just got back a little while ago from a panel discussion at MTV headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. It was an event put together to…
Legislating Between Classes
By Kay Steiger - Sep 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 pmOver at Campus Progress today, Natalie Ondiak has an interview with Andy Edwards and Jeff Fontas, the two youngest state legislators in the country from…
