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Can't hang. Gotta save.
How my generation is budgeting our social lives.
Jul 23 • Rachel Janfaza
Why Gen Z Loves Lines
A Q&A with New York Magazine's Brock Colyar
Jul 21 • Rachel Janfaza
Depth isn’t dead.
Unpacking my generation’s favorite TV shows. A dispatch from Emilia, Part II.
Jul 16 • Rachel Janfaza
'Hey, can you pay me back?'
How Klarnamaxxing is getting a generation in trouble.
Jul 14 • Rachel Janfaza
'One bad break away': The economic anxiety underlying Gen Z’s politics
DSA candidates’ success is not about socialism. It’s about the economy.
Jul 9 • Rachel Janfaza
What young voters *actually* want from politicians
Here’s what they told us.
Jul 7 • Rachel Janfaza
On America's 250th, hedging on hope
A dispatch from Emilia and Abbey
Jul 2 • Rachel Janfaza

June 2026

The American Pride Gap
Gen Z's patriotism is sinking... again.
Jun 30 • Rachel Janfaza
Unpacking the Love Island fixation, and what it says about Gen Z media habits
A dispatch from our intern, Emilia Kim.
Jun 25 • Rachel Janfaza
What Gen Z’s doing (and not doing) for work this summer
And why that matters
Jun 23 • Rachel Janfaza
Inside a focus group with 16 young voters
And how their perspective have shifted since 2024 🤯
Jun 18 • Rachel Janfaza
Meet the 23-year-old who projected the Knicks game on a brick wall in the West Village
Here’s his biggest takeaway.
Jun 16 • Rachel Janfaza
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