FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9, 2014 Contact: Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org, 214.223.2913 Young Invincibles Hails Introduction of Booker-Scott LEAP Act to Expand Apprenticeships, Connect Young Adults to the Workforce Youth Unemployment Rate Is More Than Twice the National Rate [WASHINGTON]—Today, Senators...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 4, 2014 Contact: Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org, 214.223.2913 Young Invincibles’ Statement on March 2014 Jobs Report Young Unemployed Continue to Be Left Behind Despite Broader Job Gains [WASHINGTON]—As the national unemployment rate remained at 6.7 percent and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2014 Contact: Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org, 214.223.2913 FY2015 Ryan Budget Is Bad for Young Adults Cuts to Health Care, Higher Education, and Job Training Programs Would Threaten Young Adults’ Economic Security [WASHINGTON]— Yesterday, the House Budget...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2014 Contact: Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org, 214.223.2913 Young Invincibles Endorses New 21st Century Worker Tax Cut Act Legislation Would Bring Needed Relief to Young Workers Struggling to Evade Poverty [WASHINGTON]—Today, Young Invincibles announced its support for...
Middletown Press By: J. Brian Charles Young adults face a grim labor market, according to recent reports that show new entrants have little access to valuable work experience. And the bleak job picture for new entrants into the labor force is...
Salon By: Tim Donovan There is a demographic group in crisis today, though they’re rarely discussed. Occasionally, they’re used as a foil on conservative cable news shows, where overpaid hosts sneer derisively at their endemic “laziness.” Sometimes, members of Congress will trot...
BigNews.Biz WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) office announced the beginning of a multi-part initiative to address high rates of youth unemployment. The starting point is an effort to highlight summer internship programs offered by New Jersey’s employers...
Straits Times By: Melissa Sim Ms Anthea Piong, a master’s student at Georgetown University, is looking for an internship that may open doors to a job when she graduates next year. But even an internship is not easy to come by....
Fact Tank: Pew Research Center By: Drew Desilver UPDATE, 12:58 p.m. The new Millennials report from Pew Research shows strong support across generations for maintaining Social Security benefits at current levels (even though half of Millennials and Gen-Xers say they don’t expect to...
Lanacion.com By: Shaila Dewan El desempleo alto y persistente entre los jóvenes tiene un costo de US$ 25.000 millones en impuestos no cobrados, y en mucho menor escala, implica mayores gastos en la red de seguridad social, según un nuevo informe....