Millennials

Are the Millennials Secretly Prosperous?

Writer Jean Twenge says that by comparison to Boomers and Gen Xers at the same stage of life, Millennials aren't doing as badly as believed, though patterns of family formation and childbirth seem to be undergoing a permanent shift. 

The Unluckiest Generation In U.S. History

Economic data suggest that Millennials aren't just complaining. Their early years on the job market have been affected by the Great Recession and COVID and seen less growth than any other generation.

“I Am the Portrait of Downward Mobility”

Today’s 40-year-olds on the lives they’ve led, and now this.

Millennials Don't Think America Was Ever That Great

by Rick Moran

Liberal teachers have left students with the impression that the concept of American exceptionalism is a scam.

Why 41 percent of white millennials voted for Trump

Economic anxiety isn’t driving racial resentment; rather, racial resentment is driving economic anxiety.

Karen L. Cox says historians shouldn’t be afraid to embrace YouTube to reach millennials

The YouTube generation want to learn and be entertained at the same time.

The Most Narcissistic Generation Was Born Between These Years

And they reject the label.

Do Millennial Men Want Stay-at-Home Wives?

by Stephanie Coontz

New research indicates a stall, maybe even a retreat, in the movement toward gender equality.

Historian Says Teenagers Were A Coveted Demographic In 19th Century Political Life

Jon Grinspan, a Smithsonian historian, reports in his new book that young people voted en masse in wild and spectacular fashion, and were by far the most coveted demographic in politics.

Why do we think Millennials like to share and not buy stuff? Blame these 2 pop historians.

by Laura Marsh

William Strauss and Neil Howe, a popular-historian duo, coined the term “millennial” in 1987, to refer to the children who would graduate high school in the year 2000.

The Most Narcissistic Generation Were Born Between These Years

People born between 1988 and 1994 — so-called “millennials” — are the most narcissistic generation ever.

Most Millennials Resist the ‘Millennial’ Label

Only Baby Boomers by in large think of themselves as members of a certain generation. 

The Millennials Are Generation Nice

Suddenly, as you may have noticed, millennials are everywhere.

Jonathan Zimmerman: Colleges as Country Clubs

Jonathan Zimmerman teaches history and education at New York University. He is the author of "Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory."My daughter is a junior in high school, so I've spent part of this spring making that upper-middle-class pilgrimage known as "the college tour."But as we were led across sweeping lawns by tour guides walking backward, I found myself thinking less about my daughter's looming college experience and more about how different her life will be after she graduates.I've also been thinking about "Girls," the television series about four young women trying to make ends meet in New York. Three of them are depicted as recent graduates of Oberlin, which is also the alma mater of "Girls" creator and lead actress Lena Dunham.