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The summer Gen Z learned how to have fun

Don’t Tell Me What To Do

School isn’t meeting the moment, and Gen Z knows it

A first-of-its-kind pee ad

What if young voters are more rational than you think?

Six Trends on The Up and Up

Losing my Yondr virginity

The fortune teller of social media

My Vox Op-ed: 2026 is Gen Z’s breakout summer

The new table stakes for young voters

How Gen Z feels about national service

Here are the schools getting free speech right (and wrong)

What Gen Z liberals mean when they say they like socialism

Can't hang. Gotta save.

Why Gen Z Loves Lines

Depth isn’t dead.

'Hey, can you pay me back?'

'One bad break away': The economic anxiety underlying Gen Z’s politics

What young voters *actually* want from politicians

On America's 250th, hedging on hope

The American Pride Gap

Unpacking the Love Island fixation, and what it says about Gen Z media habits

What Gen Z’s doing (and not doing) for work this summer

Inside a focus group with 16 young voters

Meet the 23-year-old who projected the Knicks game on a brick wall in the West Village

IRL Summer: Part II

IRL Summer is Here

Are lines the new third space?

'Curious vs. incurious. Humble vs. arrogant. Nihilists vs. existentialists. Sycophants vs. dissenters.'

It's the anxiety, stupid: What young voters actually mean when they say economic issues are top of mind

Why the pope is Gen Z’s new biggest icon

A chorus of Gen Z graduation boos

The 23-Year-Old YouTuber Cable News Can’t Ignore

I Applied to 70 Jobs: Meet the Class of 2026

A generation of late bloomers

Skinny culture isn’t really about thinness anymore

It’s not just the young men

Failed digital detoxes

Peak nostalgia

The Preparedness Paradox: Gen Z Did Everything Right. So what happened?

The myth of the apathetic young voter

The Girl Power Generation Reaches Adolescence

Stop talking about Gen Z like it’s one generation

ai anxiety core 🫠

Content won't save The Democrats

The surprising link between how Gen Z dates and how they vote

Gen Z 1.0’s dating deficit

Creators as Founders, Italy Investigates, and Hedging Bets (and Marriages) with Casey Lewis

Giving up TikTok for lent

What we lost with the end of the classic Disney sitcoms

Why Democrats are getting the young men message wrong, with Jim Messina

When hatred is ‘based’

Gen Z men are Obama-pilled

Safety Risks, Steep Prices, and Logistics: Why Spring Break Looks Different This Year

The truth about Gen Z and the news

Beyond bullies

What if Gen Z is actually moderate on foreign policy?

This week’s gender war moment, explained.

The State of Our Union

Gen Z’s gut reaction to AI

Everything millennial is cool again

How Gen Z Dates

The Supercharged Era ⚡️

Headquarters

Good luck banning AI

'They are actually gaslighting a whole country'

Mattering is key to fulfillment. Gen Z isn’t feeling it.

The AI policy craze

Trump’s youth favorability drops 34 points

Redefining adulthood

Generation Independent

Gen Z Wants Out of the Gender War

Young Voters Say Fear of War Shaped Their 2024 Vote

6 moments to watch in 2026 👀