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By� Nadra Nittle
Originally published by The 19th
All Myshelle Bey’s 4-year-old daughter wants for Christmas is a Barbie Dreamhouse. The toy costs around $200, which is cost prohibitive for the ...
by The19th
 85 comments
on Fri Dec 22, 2023 at 12:50 PM PST
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It's no secret that young progressives are one of the most consequential and unpredictable voting blocs in next year's general election. They despise Donald Trump but are undeniably uninspired by President Joe Biden. While foreign policy isn't helping...
by Kerry Eleveld
242 comments
on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 03:18 PM PST
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There has been a lot of discussion lately as to Biden and how underappreciated he is among young people. I will talk about major disappointments people my age have with the administration and people will extrapolate that I think the Biden...
by Cybdor
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on Fri Sep 15, 2023 at 12:33 PM PDT
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Millennials � � �( Poking fun)
The age range for Millennials is 27 to 42 years old. Most KTK readers are older than that, so we are most likely to encounter that generation in retail situations….....
by side pocket
82 comments
on Tue May 30, 2023 at 05:30 PM PDT
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On Tuesday, May 9th, 2023, the announcement that shook many a Gen Xer and many a Millennial to their cores happened: MTV News would be shuttered down after 36 years as a result of cuts made by Paramount Global. In its peak era of the late 1980s, 1990s,...
by JGibson
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on Sat May 13, 2023 at 05:30 PM PDT
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Young voters—and particularly younger women—voted overwhelmingly more Democratic than their older counterparts, according to a newly released post-election survey of more than 5,000 registered voters conducted by Navigator Research. Gen Z voters...
by Kerry Eleveld
35 comments
on Fri Dec 09, 2022 at 08:36 AM PST
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In an unsurprising but still disturbing turn of events, new data from an Insider/Morning Consult poll found that conservatives are not all too excited to see more openly queer folks hold elected office, including Congress. For example, polled...
by Marissa Higgins
40 comments
on Wed Sep 28, 2022 at 12:41 PM PDT
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Dear millennials: back in the 1980s a lot of us worked like hell to try to stop the Reagan revolution. We failed. This may be our last chance to save American democracy and the American middle-class. When my boomer generation was the same average age...
by thomhartmann
424 comments
on Wed Jul 13, 2022 at 08:17 AM PDT
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Frankly, as awful as the Republicans are, their leadership is dotted with millennials and gen-Xers whether we look at DeSantis, Hawley, Rubio, MTG, and others. These are dreadful people, but they sadly draw more excitement (as evidenced by the...
by omu
36 comments
on Sat Jul 02, 2022 at 10:37 AM PDT
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Just days before the horrific Supreme Court decision that killed Roe v. Wade, a grievous act that rendered women and girls property of the state and subjected them to forced childbearing, a spate of opinion pieces appeared bemoaning the fact that...
by eclift
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on Sun Jun 26, 2022 at 04:37 PM PDT
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First, we have to eliminate 2 Myths: (1). 3D is dead Myth: Well here are the movies that released in 3D in 2K21: Godzilla VS. Kong $468 million (90+% from 3D Screenings) Fast & Furious 9 $726 million (about $500+ million from 3D screenings) Black Widow...
by Kaizar
59 comments
on Sat Feb 19, 2022 at 11:37 AM PST
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Sarah Broad was 14 years old and just several months into her job at a McDonald’s in southwestern Canada when a customer berated her about cold fries, started swearing and threw a hamburger at her. No matter how often she encountered that kind of...
by Tom Conway
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on Fri Jan 28, 2022 at 06:55 AM PST
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'71% of Democrats wouldn't go on a date with someone with opposing views.' That's a problem because? Dating is tough. Having to navigate dating someone who has different political views is�even tougher. Let’s be real:�If we’re allowed to be “choosy” about�what it is about our partner’s ...
by Aysha Qamar
362 comments
on Sat Dec 25, 2021 at 01:00 PM PST
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Continuing a trend of increased political participation since the midterm elections in 2018, millennial and Gen Z voters made history in the 2020 elections by setting a record high for voting rates. Many attributed the increase in voter turnout to...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Wed Oct 06, 2021 at 10:40 AM PDT
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Jeremy S. Adams, Hollowed Out: A Warning about America’s Next Generation (Washington, D. C.; Regnery, 2021). Adults have complained about the upcoming generation for millennia. In this volume, Jeremy Adams, an award-winning high school teacher, who...
by pastdoc
24 comments
on Sun Oct 03, 2021 at 01:39 PM PDT
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I wanted to like Daniel Sherrell’s new paperback Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our�World �more than I did;�indeed, I expected to like it and, more importantly, to be more affected by it than ...
by DebtorsPrison
7 comments
on Tue Aug 03, 2021 at 07:00 PM PDT
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A few years ago, I wrote the piece titled "Boomers Must Take Some Blame And Help Fix Generation Y Unhappy Problem" without any malintent. I was raked over the coals by my boomer friends who accused me of agism and much more. Some said I was pitting...
by Egberto Willies
119 comments
on Sun May 23, 2021 at 06:15 AM PDT
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Click here for this song Another culture war exposition. Collectivism and Individualism can’t not live alone . Dancing, food, fashion, language is culture. Canceling T.V shows is not. Conservatives are opposed in change. Unless it’s history or popular...
by Koch Ebola
3 comments
on Wed May 19, 2021 at 05:10 AM PDT
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Imagine a policy that would provide immediate life-changing economic stimulus to 43 million American families, could have a massive positive ripple effect across much of the rest of the economy, is supported by a majority of voters, and would...
by Blue Tuesday
23 comments
on Sun Feb 21, 2021 at 06:01 PM PST
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I just love what is happening in the markets right now. Millennials have basically said fuck you to the overlords. You don’t want to give us decent working conditions? We come out of college owing tens of thousands of dollars, and you can’t even pay us...
by MouseThatRoared
25 comments
on Thu Jan 28, 2021 at 12:45 PM PST
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