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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: Unpaid Internships and the Generational Wealth Gap

Guest hosts Brent J. Cohen, executive director of Generation Progress, and Charlotte Hancock, communications director for Generation Progress, talk to DC-based interns Griffen Saul (also the co-founder and CEO of ‘We Are Able’) and Jaylun Hutchison about the Interns for…

The Leslie Marshall Show: Black Youth & After School Programs; Solving Student Loan Debt Crisis

Generation Progress discusses two different topics during today’s show. The first topic is black youth and after-school programs with Dr. Bianca J. Baldridge. The second topic is a new Gen Progress report titled, “Addressing the $1.5 Trillion in Federal Student Loan…

The Leslie Marshall Show: Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure; Child Care Too Expensive

Generation Progress discusses a pair of different topics during the show, with ‘Infrastructure Week’ leading things off. After that, they discuss the struggle that Americans are facing to pay for child care, with Millennial parents having an especially tough time.

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