Why Generation Z Is Embracing Feminism
Younger feminists demonstrate a fresh confidence in the power of activism, particularly via social media.
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How Disparities in Wealth Affect Gen Z’s Experiences With Technology
Income has an enormous impact on young people's educational experiences with technology, just as it does on every other aspect of school life.
How Gen Z Is Different, According to Social Scientists (and Young People Themselves)
Our findings suggest that college-age members of Generation Z know they are confronting a future of big challenges.
Future Generations Will Suffer If We Don’t Solve Unequal Access to Tech
The people designing the world's technology should reflect the diversity of those using it.
Smartphones Are Changing How Homeless People Survive
Middle-class pedestrians sometimes think an iPhone is a luxury for a poor person. In fact, that device can help them find resources, health care, and community.
How the Foreclosure Crisis Shaped Gen Z
Those born into Generation Z became evidence of the failing prospects of the American Dream.
Reparations Are Possible—They Happened in Virginia
In his new book, Ken Woodley recounts how Prince Edward County, Virginia, finally began to make amends.
How the Criminal Underworld Was Invented by the Middle and Upper Classes
In his latest book, French historian Dominique Kalifa investigates how mainstream representations of poverty have been used for centuries to harm the poor.
These Native Women Are Healing Themselves and Their Communities by Running
The Kwe Pack has a simple but radical mission: to improve indigenous health in mind and body by encouraging women to sign on for long-distance runs.
Meet the ‘Female Byron’ Who Shocked British Readers 200 Years Ago
Lucasta Miller's new biography of the poet celebrates her literary triumphs while casting a skeptical eye on the society that rejected her.