Anthony Salvanto speaks with John Della Volpe of Harvard’s Institute of Politics. Read more »
Who millennials trust, and don’t trust, is driving the new economy
By PricewaterhouseCoopers’ projection, the biggest sectors of the “sharing economy” — including transportation and travel companies like Uber, Zipcar and Airbnb — could be pulling in as much as $335 billion in global revenue by 2025. … We’re witnessing the rise of companies predicated on trust among strangers at the […] Read more »
The ‘newsless’ myth: How Millennials consume the news
Many people believe that America’s first digital generation is “newsless.” Conventional wisdom dictates that one of the many reasons for print newspapers decline is due to low readership rates among Millennials, and that very few of them read the news at all. To complicate the picture further, it’s widely viewed […] Read more »
6-in-10 Millennials See Contraception Access as Critical to Financial Security of Women, Few Have Moral Qualms about Birth Control
A new survey released today finds broad support among the Millennial generation for contraception that is accessible and affordable. Six in ten millennials—including 64 percent of women, 55 percent of men, and majorities of major racial and ethnic groups—see access to contraception as critical for the financial security of women. […] Read more »
Millennials say keeping up with the news is important to them — but good luck getting them to pay for it
Most millennials don’t seek out news on social media, but the vast majority of them get news from social networks once they see it there, according to a report released today by the Media Insight Project, a collaboration between the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public […] Read more »
Hate Takes the Bus
… A 2010 Pew report found that “almost all millennials accept interracial dating and marriage.” An MTV poll of millennials found that “84 percent say their family taught them that everyone should be treated the same, no matter what their race,” and that 89 percent “do believe that everyone should […] Read more »