Tag: Millennials

Much like amusement parks, cryptocurrencies have a price of admission. Unlike amusement parks, this "price of admission" can yield you financial gains. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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How cryptocurrency is taking us all on a ride

Christopher Tremoglie · January 19, 2018 8:36 pm

More than 60 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses, and children rely on monthly Social Security benefits. The trustees who oversee Social Security say the program has enough money to pay full benefits until 2034. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Why millennials should be demanding Social Security reform

Erin Humiston · January 19, 2018 5:24 pm

The 2013 shutdown tanked public perception of the GOP, and unlike last time, Republicans have the White House - not just both houses of Congress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Here’s how a government shutdown will impact millennials

Angela Morabito · January 18, 2018 6:15 pm

While he may have meant well, former Vice President Joe Biden's message came off as completely insensitive to a generation that has been stereotyped for its sensitivity. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Joe Biden will never connect with millennials

Brendan Pringle · January 15, 2018 9:45 pm

Following Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s example is the only way millennials can ever hope to establish peace, opening up civil dialogue on the social and economic issues that matter most today. (AP Photo)

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Learning from MLK: Activism through humility

William Nardi · January 15, 2018 6:35 pm

Colleges tend to focus their financial aid dollars on low-income families, leaving middle-income students unable to meet the low-income cutoff for most financial aid programs at the college level and at the government level. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Rising college costs are forcing many students to drop out

Brendan Pringle · January 15, 2018 2:48 pm

Yale graduate students Michael Lopez-Brau (pictured left) and Stefan Uddenberg (pictured right) helped create an internet browser extension, "Open Mind," with students from Cal Tech and Waterloo University. The extension is designed to flag fake and biased news stories and provide the reader with alternatives. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

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Students develop software to combat fake news

Kyle Turnage · January 13, 2018 5:01 am

One chain axing jobs is Red Robin, which hopes to save about $8 million this year by eliminating busboys at each of its 570 restaurants (via Facebook)

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Red Robin layoffs show how minimum wage hikes put millennial jobs at risk

Sydney Jacobs · January 12, 2018 8:55 pm

Employees under 25, who are historically making less than previous generations, are most likely to benefit from the positive consequences of tax reform. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Walmart wage increase benefits young workers the most

Corinne Clark · January 12, 2018 7:22 pm

Artisanal Sex?

Barton Swaim · January 12, 2018 9:00 am

The Georgetown Hoyas have a solution for millennial phone culture. (via Facebook - Photo Credit: @saxahoya)

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Georgetown athletics creates a ‘No Phone Zone’ for fans at upcoming game

Neil Dwyer · January 11, 2018 9:51 pm

DACA recipients have seized on American millennials' ability to receive financial aid and college scholarships in multiple states. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

DACA hurts American millennials the most

Sydney Jacobs · January 11, 2018 5:01 am