A Journal of Ideas

youth

Yes We CCCan

America needs more than just jobs—we need committed citizens. A new Civilian Conservation Corps could provide them.

By Robert Gordon

Are the Kids All Right?

Jean Twenge’s analysis of today’s teens is alarming, trenchant, incomplete, and part of a long tradition of hand-wringing about “the youth.”

By Gabriel Ferrante

The Young Left and the Democrats

The election exposed a massive disaffection among young people on the left with mainstream liberalism. Older liberals need to understand what happened.

By Zach Goldhammer Sarah Leonard

The Vexed Generation

Why is the progressive establishment so bad at motivating the youth vote?

By Jack Meserve