GenProgress By: Gurwin Singh Ahuja Young Americans continue to slowly recover from the recession with the youth (ages 16-24) unemployment rate declining for the sixth month in a row. The unemployment rate for young Americans declined from 14.5 percent in November...
ABC News Radio (NEW YORK) — U.S. taxpayers are getting socked because of the high unemployment rate of 18- to 34-year-olds, otherwise known as millennials. Their unemployment rate runs well ahead of the national average, which is currently at 7...
National Journal By: Ron Brownstein Almost every week provides more evidence of the political system bending toward the cultural preferences of the massive millennial generation. But evidence is accumulating just as quickly of the system’s failure to respond to its economic...
The New York Post By: Editorial Board Psssst, Mayor de Blasio. Have we got a progressive deal for you. It’s designed to help our young people, who are particularly hard hit by our sputtering economy. A recent report from a group...
Twin Cities Business By: Jake Anderson High unemployment among the nation’s young adults is costing the federal government an estimated $7.8 billion in taxes—and, in effect, it’s raising Minnesotans’ federal tax bills. And that’s despite the fact that Minnesota’s lower-than-average unemployment...
Huffington Post By: Jessica Adair When unemployed at age 25, I did my damnedest to contribute to our national debt. Unintentionally, of course. I was in solidarity with millions of young adults who, despite economic recovery, continue to battle double-digit unemployment for...
PolicyMic By: Tim Donovan Six years after the subprime mortgage bubble brought the global economy to its knees, young Americans are still struggling. Youth unemployment has remained in the double-digits for the last 70 consecutive months, according to a new report from “postrecession...
Talking Points Memo By: Tom Allison As Congress confronts the Jan. 15 deadline to extend the United States’ spending authority, members should prioritize addressing the nation’s youth unemployment crisis. Monday, Young Invincibles released a report that for the first time puts a price tag...
GenProgress By: Douglas Bair “As our young people advance, we all advance,” Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said this afternoon at the U.S. Capitol addressing a crowd for Young Invincibles’ event unveiling the organization’s new report—In This Together: The Hidden Cost of Young Adult...
Triangle Business Journal By: Jason deBruyn North Carolina is among the hardest-hit states in terms of unemployed young people, something that is costing the state tens of millions of dollars, according to a new study. The information was released about the same...