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Life 101: Millennials Taking Courses to Better Cope With the Unknown

NHL Faces a Demographic Problem: It’s Too White

World’s Lowest Birth Rate Record to be Broken by South Korea, Again

Adults Under Age 65 Driving Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy

Inequality in Senior Housing Rampant in an Aging Nation

Boomers Carrying Risky Levels of Stocks

Did Mister Rogers Really Influence Gen X?

O (Artificial) Christmas Tree

College is Losing Its Shine

U.S. Birthrate Drops 4th Year in a Row

Drugs Are as Effective as Surgical Procedures for Stable Heart Disease

The Lonely Teenage Girls of The Digital Age

Adulting 101

There’s No Place Like Home

Hungary’s Incentives Mean More Marriages But Not Necessarily More Babies

We Are Being Watched By Nearly 1 Billion Surveillance Cameras

The Graying of Wealth…in One Picture

Shopping Along the Partisan Divide

The Restaurant-Boom Does Not Mean Productivity Revolution

Socialism is as Popular as Capitalism Among Young Millennials

Impacts of Paid Family Leave on Working Mothers

Where Have All the Babies Gone?

America’s Steep and Troubling Decline in Geographic Mobility

Younger Workers More Likely to Report Discrimination

Homelanders’ New Target is Gen X. AKA “The Karen Generation”

More Homelanders Use TikTok Than Facebook

Due to Depopulation Nearly Half of Cities in Japan Are Disappearing

Six-Figure Tuitions Are Coming to Colleges

Cohabitation Takes Over Marriage as Most Common Relationship

State and Local Pensions Are a Volcano Ready to Blow

I’m Just Here for the Esports

Businesses Aimed at Helping Millennials Make Friends

American Are Giving Up On Fruit Juice

Are Parents Doing Too Much For Their Kids?

Can Football Be Saved?

You’re Still OK Boomer

By Some Measures, Millennials Are In Even Worse Health Than Gen-Xers

Baby Boomers Did Not Break America

A “Crash” Course on Recession Indicators

Shackled by Student Debt

I’d Rather Be at Work

First-Time Homebuyers Are Getting Older

South Korea’s Declining Birthrate Means Fewer Soldiers

What Will Low Fertility Rates Will Mean for Colleges?

Screen Time Use in Kids Linked to Lower Brain Development

Homelessness Declines Nationally, but Surges in Major U.S. Cities

U.S. Teens Spend More Than Seven ours A Day In Front of Screens—Not Including Schoolwork

GOP No More: Why American Doctors Now Support the Democrats

Don’t Go to That College Party…Your Parents Are Tracking You

A Rebuttal of Warren’s Plan to Reform Social Security

Politics-Related Stress Worse Since Last Election

Communal Co-Living Catching On As An Affordable Housing Alternative

A Mall Built for Entertainment Rather Than Shopping?

Why U.S. Death Rate From Heart Failure is Surging

You’re OK Boomer.

How Brexit Has Blown Up UK Party Loyalties

Minds Matter at the Office

How the Deadly Drug Fentanyl Is Making Its Way to the U.S.

Democrats’ 2020 Challenge: How to Take Action Without Overreaching

Most Prime-Age Workers Are People of Color

The Generational Divide Among South Korean Over Reunification

Silicon Valley Has Gone Soft

European Countries Secretly Import Workers to Manage Labor Crisis

Let Them Eat Red Meat

Japan Fertility Crash: Sharpest Drop in Births in 30 Years

Fewer Than Half of Americans Go To Church “Monthly or More”

There’s No Place Like House Hunters

Boomers Retiring to Become Entrepreneurs

Japan Deals With Severe Population Decline and Rural Flight

The Grown Up Goth Trend

The Teens of TikTok Take on School Shootings

Millennials Wish Slowing Down Didn’t Feel like a Luxury

Congress May Void Stretch IRAs that Wealthy People Love

How About Compensating Parents for Raising the Next Generation?

America’s Schools as a Whole Are Getting Less Segregated

Controversy Surrounding NBA and China Show No Signs of Fading

After a Long Rise, Rate of Twin Births is Dropping

The Amazing Disappearing CEO

For First Time Ever, Average Size of U.S. Household is Growing

Two Parties Representing Two Different Economies

Employer Health Insurance is Increasingly Out of Reach

Young Shopper’s Changing Priorities Put Fast Fashion on Defense

Millennials Ditching Big Cities for the Suburbs

Even Provincial South Korea is Becoming Unusually Diverse

U.S. Millennials vs. European Millennials

The Number of Displaced People is the Highest Since WWII

Take This Stand (But Not That One)

Large Increase in Childhood Survival Rates in Less-Developed World

Bible Study Might be Coming to a Public School Near You

Chinese Workers’ Lack of Education is a Big Hurdle in Lifting Economy

Millennials Still Love Bernie Sanders

VSCO Girls Are All About Fitting In

America’s White Working Class is Smaller Than Ever

Student Loans Make Up a Record Share of Defaulted Loans

Income Inequality Highest in 50 Years? Not So Fast

The Vaping Drama Continues to Get Worse

GOP Most Likely to Repeat Popular-Minority Victory in 2020

Teens Who DON’T Date Are Less Depressed and Have Better Social Skills

High Cost of Higher Education Can Put Families Into Impossible Binds

The Share Of Uninsured Americans Levels Out After ACA

Will the Presidency Skip Gen X?

Pros and Cons of Part-Time Work for Women

Peloton Continuing the Shift from Products to Services

Will the Religious Outnumber Non-Believers in the Long Run?

Felicity Huffman: Desperate Housewife to Just Plain Desperate

Despite a High Demand for Mental Health Services, More People Leaving Industry

U.S. Abortion Rate Falls to Lowest Rate Ever

Post-9/11 Vets Bear More Battle Scars

Middle Ground Counties in America are Disappearing Off Election Maps

More States Move Toward Recognizing Gender-Nonconforming Americans

Surprise: It’s Gen X Leading the Way on ESG Investing

Assisted Living Is Great If You Don’t Need Much Assistance

Mom and Dad, There Is Such a Thing as Over-sharenting

Big Pharma’s Generosity Helps Their Bottom Line

British Life Expectancy Stalled

Hungarian Officials Say Having More Children is a Public Responsibility

Japan Needs Workers and They’re Bringing in Foreign Workers

Millennial Women Just Can’t Find Enough Good Men

I Like That Old-Time Rock ’n’ Roll

Declining Trust in Colleges on Both the Right and Left

Rapid Decline in Pet Euthanasia Rates

Free Speech Declining Around the World

Shortage of Elder Care Workers in Maine

Millennials Won’t Buy Boomer’s Luxury Ranches

Medicine Emerges as the Unlikely Family-Friendly Profession

Leading Cause of Death in High-Income Countries: Cancer, not Heart Disease

Millennial NFL Players Proceed With Caution

South Korea’s Total Fertility Rate Falls Below One

What Values Matter Most to Generations

Pass the Flavored Water, Mom

Make Room for the “She Shed”

Binge Drinking Surges Among Older Adults

Community First for Millennial Homebuyers

Woodstock Forever Changed a Generation

Roundtables CEOs Claim Commitment to All Stakeholders

“Let’s Go Thrifting”… the New Millennial Pastime

Emerging Markets Pull Back With Signs of Slowing Convergence

New Weight Watchers’ App for Children

Like the U.S., England-Wales Experiencing a Birth Rate Decline

How Prepared Are We for the Global Population Decline?

Where Americans Are Making Progress (or Not)

Sex Doesn’t Sell Like It Used To

A Baby Boomer Report Card

Colorectal Cancer On the Rise

Are Western Democracies On the Verge of Becoming Ungovernable?

Japanese Women Are Not Rushing to the Altar

Millennials and Homelanders Have One Thing in Common…Stress!

Bold New Policies to Encourage More Births

Sober Curious? Millennials Aren’t the Only Ones Cutting Back on Booze

For Teens, More Summer School, Fewer Summer Jobs

Major Slowdown in Goods-Producing Jobs

When Infidelity Becomes inFidelity

Don’t Bring Up Personal Finances with Millennials

Population Growth Slowing Means More Animals

New Woke-er Version of “Playboy”…by and for Millennials

Who are the Homelanders? Marketers Look at Their Parents to Find Out

Disney’s New Streaming Bundle Takes a Shot at Netflix

Happy Voters in Europe Defy Conventional Wisdom

Niceness is Taking Over TV

Those Who Go to Church Are Much Less Likely to Commit Suicide

Death Becomes Us…Mortality Increases

Boycotts Illustrate Consumers Personal Approach to Corporate Values

Lifestyles of the Internet Famous

Older Couples Staying Committed Because They Keep Separate Homes

Will Parents Shell Out the Money for Hi-Tech Diapers?

Is Universal Basic Income Really a Good Idea?

The Massive Split in the Democratic Party

India Struggling to Create Jobs for Millennials

Americans Still Pessimistic About National Institutions

Germany’s Baby Boomlet: Will is Last?

Gen Xers’ Slow Climb Up the Ladder

Japan’s Retirement Crisis

Brands Cool on Experiential Marketing

FitBit Goes to Work

South Korean Government Fighting an Epidemic of Smartphone Users Stepping Into the Street and Causing Accidents

UN Projects the World Population Will Stop Growing by the End of the Century

31-year-old Author Ben Judah Sticks Up For The Millennial Left

Divorce Is Wreaking Havoc On Americans Over 50

Social Media Influencers Are “Taking Over the World”

The Generational Brexit Divide Is As Wide As Ever

Homelanders Have a Negative Financial Outlook When Compared to Prior Generations

Shot Tracking AI Demonstrates New Generation of Players’ Trust in Computers More Than Coaches

The Gap in Life Expectancy Between Blacks and Whites Has Narrowed

Fear Over Teen Vaping Increasingly Leading To Bans

A Bed Worth Barking About

California’s Aging Population Comes with Challenges

Emerging Generation of “Fluid Fans”

France Faced with Shortage of Blue-Collar Workers

Future Job Automation Hugely Misunderstood

Millennials Parodying Boomers Online

PepsiCo Aims New Energy Drink at Gamers

Increased Support for Legal Abortion

Overdose Mortality Falling, But Fentanyl Deaths Still Rising

Boomers Bid Farewell to Mad Magazine

Welcome to #FarmLife

2020 Census Reminiscent of 1920 Census

Meet the Homelanders

Ad Spending and Life Satisfaction

A Generation on Edge

Decline in U.S. Newsroom Employment is Catastrophic

Retirement-Age Workers Giving the World a Boost

Kids’ Sports Are a Ticking Time Bomb

Hong Kong Protests Pit Young Against Old

Legacy Media Companies Try to Beat Netflix

Latin American Economies Falling Behind

It’s Game On for Esports

Spain’s Secret Economic Weapon: Latin America

Don’t Understand Your Neighbor? Stop Reading the News.

The South’s Economy Falling Behind

Investors Trying to Understand Washington

Multigenerational Housing Going Upmarket

When Does It Become Embarrassing to Live With Your Parents

Public Leaning Much More to the Left

Have Boomers Stifled Economic Dynamism?

Most-Requested Wedding Gifts from Millennials: Money

Japan’s Birth Rate Hits a New Low

Big Brands’ Embrace LGBTQ Community

Women Are Working More and Relaxing Less

Sobriety is the New Black

Brands Overlook Millennial Spending Habits

How Old Should a President Be?

Fake News - Who’s to Blame?

Record Slow Growth Rate May Cost California a Congressional Seat in 2020

The Future of Retirement Communities

Interactive Infographic Explores the World’s Population

Millennials Pressured to Buy Homes

Millennials Aren’t the Only Ones Breaking Out the Sage and Tarot Cards

Centrist Liberals Carried the European Parliament Elections

America’s Suicide Rate—Up One-Third Since 1999

A Penny for Your Data

Millennials Might Just Miss Boomers When They’re Gone

Profile of U.S. Immigrants Has Changed

Computer Science Major Includes One New Class: Improv

Boomers Say ‘No Thanks’ to Downsizing

Charmin’s Forever Roll for the Lonely

U.S.-based Journalism Has Become Measurably Less Objective Since 2000

Singapore Struggles to Increase Birth Rate

The Richest 10% of Households Now Represent 70% of All U.S. Wealth

Hey Gen-Xers, Hold Your Horses On Becoming CEO

Religion-Free Millennials and Nuns Live Together and Learn From Each Other

Keep Your Friends Close and Your Phones Closer

Growing Moral Component at Play in Charitable Gifting

TV Industry Records Their Steepest Loss

Early-Wave Millennials: Educated, Employed, but in Woeful Financial Shape

Generational Division the Deepest Divide in American Politics

It’s Better to be Rich than Smart

Generation of Taxi Drivers in Debt After Bubble Burst

Relationship Between Presidential Approval Ratings and the State of Economy Has Weakened

National Spelling Bee’s Unprecedented 8-Way Tie

Demographic Trends That Have Reshaped the U.S. Retail Sector

Fourth Turning Political Mood Turns to Populist Left and to Populist Right

Power of the Spread, Revisited

America First—to a Point

Smells Like Gen X Spirit

Millennials’ Generational Animosity for Boomer Political Leaders

Despite Hot Job Market, Many New Grads Struggle to Find Work

Loyalty in the Food Delivery Market is Hard to Come By

Democrats Face More Generational Tension Than Republicans

McDonald’s Rolling Out AI-Powered Menus

Global Meat Consumption on the Rise

Clothing Rentals Favored by Millennials

More Police Contact, Less Violent Crime Among Millennials

Japan Running Out of Heirs to the Throne?

Employers Work to Reduce Stress Levels

U.S. Fertility Passes Another (Ominous) Milestone

China’s One-Child Policy is Over but Chinese Fertility Rates Still Low

Facebook is Rolling Out a “Clear History” Tool

Social Security Expenses Expected to Exceed It’s Income by Next Year

Betting on Millennials

Taking Steps to Make Older Travelers Comfortable

“Computer-generated Influencers” Gaining Traction in Social Media

Are Millennial Activists like Boomer Activists?

American Support for Same-Sex Marriage Stalls

Taking Co-living to the Next Level

Are Millennials Less Likely to Cheat than Prior Generations?

Millennials Don’t Have to Travel Far for Mother’s Day

Examining Homelanders Through the Lens of Spelling Bees

Stanford Encourages Students to Get “Touchy Feely”

Could Internet Access Boost Fertility?

“Baby on Board” Makes a Comeback

Op-Ed Writer Calls for Boomers’ Heads

Walmart Invests in a “Great Workplace”

Behind the Jordan Peterson Phenomenon

Indicators of Despair Rising Among Adults in Their 30s and 40s

Global Citizens Down on Democracy

Former Overparenting Critic Changes Her Tune

The Rise of Political Extremism in Spain

More Evidence of the 2018 Midterm Turnout Boom

Millennial Risk Aversion Spreads Across the Globe

Houseplants Are a Hot Commodity

Marriott Competing with Airbnb on Home Rentals

Strokes Rising Among the Young

McDonald’s Teams with AARP

What’s Making Xer Workers Miserable?

The World’s Imperiled Middle Class

Could Teens Save the U.S. Shopping Mall?

Older Millennials Less Healthy Than Xers Were at the Same Age

Are Senior Discounts Still Warranted?

Death Care Industry Puts the “Fun” Back in “Funeral”

WHO Issues New Screen-Time Guidelines for Children

Why Don’t Dominant Generations Produce More Novelists?

Why Are Occupations Still Segregated by Gender?

Are Millennials Killing the Entrepreneur?

Financial Habits Are Remarkably Similar Across Generations

The Issues with Texting at Work

Immigration an Increasingly Vital Component of U.S. Population Growth

Let’s Get Personal

Education Could Hamper Population Growth

The Social Media Paradox

Baby Care Goes Hi-Tech

Millennials Don’t Mind Talking Money on the First Dates

Consultant Highlights Cohort Differences within the Millennial Generation

Rural and Small Towns Thriving

Personal Training Goes Gray

Did Berniacs Push Donald Trump Over the Top?

Celibacy Hits Record Highs

Rise of the Religious “Nones”

Managing Great Expectations at Work

The Truth About Millennials and Alcohol

Millennials Get Back to Work

Xers Boosting Multigenerational Home Market

Americans Prioritize Climate over Economy

Apple Music Closes In on Spotify

Xers the Least Happy at Work

Africa Expected to Carry World Population Growth

Why Has Global Higher Ed Lost Its Luster?

Law Firms Weigh Mandatory Retirement Rules

How Much Is Facebook Really Worth to the Economy?

The Politics of Falling Crime

The Real Cost of Fake News

Travel Rewards Programs Get a Millennial Makeover

Amazon Beloved by Consumers Young and Old

Hispanic-American Birthrate Plummets

Could AI Diagnostics Transform Health Care?

Is Andrew Yang “Ross Perot for Millennials”?

The Unfortunate Timing of the Boomer Homeselling Boom

Americans Pessimistic About Social Security… and Everything Else

NFL Coach Accommodates Millennial Tech Addiction

Decluttering Craze Brings Big Profits to Retailers

Young Republicans Are “Defecting” from the GOP

Is “Snowplow” Parenting Creating Snowflakes?

Conservatives Turn on Big Tech

Walmart, at Your Door

Formalwear Takes a Hit

Resort Encourages Workers to Embrace Their Age

Xers: The Overlooked Generation

Millennial Homebuyers Do Their Research

The Similarities and Differences Between Boomer and Millennial Activism

China Embraces Pronatalism—Decades Too Late

Nearly Half of Post-9/11 Vets Have a Service-Connected Disability

Boomer Apologizes for His Generation

Does Big Tobacco Have a Long-Term Strategy?

An Epidemic of the Mind

Beto’s Born-Again Traditionalism

Streaming Prevalence Surpasses Pay-TV Subscribership

U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities Hit a 28-Year High

Middle-Income Boomers Underestimate Long-Term Care Needs

Millennials: The Layaway Generation

What to Make of the Multiple Jobholding Rate

Gen X Prepared to Lead with “Pragmatic Resilience”

The Dubious Ethics of Stock Buybacks

Millennial Postponers

Assisted Adulting

The Optimized Workplace

Gen X’s Short-Lived Presidential Spotlight

Privacy Concerns Take Flight

Brands Avoid the Stigma of the “Elderly”

The Ills of “Synthetic Globalism”

Homelanders Rage On… Safely

Socialism As Seen by a U.K. Millennial

MLB Managers Brush Up on Millennial Management

Health Care Industry Recognizes Financial Toll of Loneliness

Sex Ed… with a Twist

Ivy League Admissions for Sale

From MTV to VIP

Workers Vanish Without a Trace

In Fashion, Sustainability Pays

Purdue Pharma Prepares Bankruptcy Filing

Russia Enters Negative Population Growth Territory

The New 30-Something: Bankrolled by Mom and Dad

Luke Perry: Larger-Than-Life Xer Icon

Walmart Breaks Into Online Ads

Businesses Face Boomer Brain Drain

Will Tomorrow’s Millennial Leaders Be “Scandal-Proof”?

Young Adults Least Satisfied with Health Care

Job Training? You’re on Your Own

Israel’s High Fertility Breaks the Rules

Economic Inequality: Blame It on the Parents?

Real Estate Firms Enter the Co-Working Space

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

The Relationship Contract Makes a Comeback

Three-Generation Households Proliferate

America Turns Inward

Millennial Traders Prefer Crypto to Stocks

Meet Pete Buttigieg, the Millennial Rising Star Politician

Will Gen X Decide the 2020 Presidential Election?

How Togetherness Is Killing the Housing Market

Boredom: Friend or Foe?

Brands Spend Big for the Big Game

For Millennials, Reality Bites… Harder

Mental Health Counseling Goes to School

Millennials Count for Most Mortgage Loan Originations

Millennials at Higher Risk for Obesity-Related Cancers

Political Cartoonist Feels for Gen X

Senior Groups Struggle to Win Over Boomers

Carl’s Jr. Goes New Age

Googling Oneself Is a Homelander Rite of Passage

Millennials in Love with Green New Deal

Stay on My Good Side

Dylan Roche Offers a Glimpse of Homelander Comedy

Solving Loneliness Isn’t as Simple as It Seems

The Dark Side of Online Celebrity Fandom

Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Wasted

Crypto’s Security Can Be a Crucial Flaw

Americans More Open to Lying Nowadays

Millennials Prefer to Cook at Home

America and Facebook: A Love-Hate Relationship

A “Crisis of Love” on Valentine’s Day

Boomers Spend Big on Cannabis Products

Restaurants Turn to Big Tech for Big Profits

Canadian Boomers Open to Semi-Retirement

Naming the Next Generation

Millennials Would Ride a Motorcycle… for Practical Reasons

Boomer Parents Increasingly on the Hook for Their Kids’ Student Loans

Op-Ed Writer Says Millennials Have Been “Fleeced”

Are Finances Keeping Millennials from Marrying?

Religious Millennials Don’t Want to Impose Their Beliefs

Are You an “Xennial”?

Will Podcasts Set Spotify Apart?

Declining Birthrates Have Created a Demographic Paradox

Love at First Site

The Big Business of Tidying Up

One Cocktail, Hold the Booze

Which Generation Is Worse: Boomers or Millennials?

The Boomer Boom in Homelessness

New Research Quantifies the “Aging Alone” Epidemic

America: Love It or Leave It

Marketing Raisins to Millennial Parents

Consumers Boycott Brands over Social Issues

Consumers Divided on Gillette’s #MeToo Ad

“Sick Shaming” Spreads Around the Office

America’s New Public Health Crisis: Lack of Sleep

Will a “Youth Boom” Save the U.S. Economy?

Outdoor Brands on the Hunt for Millennials

Generational Chart Omits Gen X

Boomer Preaches an RV-Driven Life

Do Social Influencers Need to Be Regulated?

Google Violates European Data Regulations

Paris Nudist Restaurant Shutting Down

For Millennials, “Boyfriend/Girlfriend” Is Out, “Partner” Is In

Most French Citizens Disapprove of Macron

SNL Sketch Pits Millennials vs. Boomers

Arizona Citizens Attacking Self-Driving Cars

Millennial Women Are Fueling the LFP Recovery

Gray Hair Goes Glam

Marriage and Kids Not a Millennial Priority

The Murphy Bed Is Back

Xer Advises Millennial to Slack Off

Mindfulness Goes to School

Modest Fashion Goes Mainstream

America Reviles Political Correctness

Will Protecting Entitlements Help Lure Boomer Voters?

The Wild West of Consumer Location Data

Would Better Jobs Solve Millennial Burnout?

Is Fortnite Destroying Childhood?

Google-Facebook: It’s Not Over

What’s “Adulting”? It Depends

Thank Boomers for Recycled U.S. Pop Culture

Millennials Yearn for the Suburbs

TikTok App a Hit Among Homelanders

Homelanders: The Lockdown Generation

Travel Sites Book Experiences

The XFL Is Back, with a Twist

Eight in Ten Parents of Older Children Provide Financial Support

Debunking the Urban-Rural Political Divide

Millennials Bear a Historically Heavy Debt Burden

U.S. Murder Rate Stopped Dead in Its Tracks

Job-Seekers Behaving Badly

Millennial Podcaster Seeks Advice from Older Entrepreneurs

McDonald’s Sponsors Dancing at Dawn

British Army Changes Its Tune for Millennials

Democratic Party In Search of a Young Standard-Bearer

Spotify Moves to Cut Out Third-Party Labels

China Helps Venezuela Implement Total Tech

Boomers Stuck in “Low-Quality” Jobs

Air France May Shutter Its Millennial Brand

Op-Ed Tribute to the G.I. Generation

User Recommendations Take Center Stage