Young Invincibles serves as a resource for media outlets across the country on a wide range of topics surrounding the economic security of young adults, including health care, higher education, financial security, and careers. We also help connect young people to media opportunities to share their stories. Please find our recent coverage below, and contact us if you would like us to be a part of your story.
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State Journal-Register: Opinion: Youth Agenda a Glaring Omission in Rauner’s State of the State
By Rachel Riemenschneider and Samuel Wylde “Getting young people to engage in politics can be nearly impossible, but apparently even when they do, their requests fall on deaf ears. Between May and September last year, thousands of young Illinoisans came together online...
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Afro: Black Millennials Encouraged to Get Health Insurance
By Shantella Y. Sherman “Like many African-American college graduates living in the District, Keysa Towns has experienced the highs and lows of living outside of a dependency on her parents. Aside from escalating living costs – her Northwest apartment building was...
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Reboot Illinois: Rauner’s Plan For Illinois “Turnaround” Should Start with Investing in Millennials
Chicago By Eve Rips “At a first-of-its-kind convention in September, then-gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner called millennials “the key” to building a bright future for our state. He vowed to listen to the ideas of several hundred millennials who had convened...
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Send a letter to your private loan servicer to ask for lower monthly payments
If you have student loan debt and you’re struggling to pay off your monthly payment, you’re not alone. Millions of borrowers are struggling to make ends meet. Lenders and student loan servicers (the company that sends a bill each month)...
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Releasing Your Private Student Loan Co-Signer
If your co-signer (usually a parent or grandparent) on your private student loans dies or files for bankruptcy, your loan servicer may automatically put you in default and demand you repay the remaining balance of your loans immediately – even...
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La Opinion: La Salud También es Una Prioridad para los Jóvenes
By Liliana Martínez “Cerca de 4.5 millones de jóvenes han conseguido cobertura, incrementado su acceso a cuidados de salud. Esto ha beneficiado nuestra economía desde el año 2010. Los investigadores también hallaron que los jóvenes consiguieron ahorros significativos después de que...
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Georgia State Signal: Average Marks: Georgia’s Higher Education Support Gets a C Score on its Report Card
By Lauren Booker “The state of Georgia received 77 percent (or C) on its “report card” for public higher education support. The ranking was based on five subjects factored and averaged into a grading system according to the Young Invincibles....
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Reboot Illinois: Rauner’s Plan For Illinois “Turnaround” Should Start with Investing in Millennials
Young Invincibles’ Midwest Director Eve Rips writes an op-ed for Reboot Illinois calling for Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner to represent the ideas conveyed to him by thousands of young people at this fall’s NextGen Illinois Convention as he gives his State of the...
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