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Because of the Great Recession and widening income inequality, young people are struggling to enjoy the same economic stability as their parents' generation. Despite increasing levels of education and large gains in productivity, young people today earn just about the same or less than their parents did at the same age. More young people live in poverty than older generations did at the same age—13.5 million Millennials (or 19.5 percent of all Millennials) fall below the poverty line.

The Leslie Marshall Show: Young People and Labor Unions

Generation Progress guest hosts Charlotte Hancock and Emily Leach are joined on this week’s takeover of the Leslie Marshall Show by David Madland, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the strategic director at the American Worker Project,…

LGBTQI+ Members of Generation Z Face Unique Social and Economic Concerns

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Data from a nationally representative 2020 survey by the Center for American Progress and NORC at the University of Chicago* reveal that LGBTQI+ youth face high levels of discrimination in school, work, and housing, which leads to large-scale financial struggles and poor mental health.

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