The income gap between White and Black young adults narrowed for millennials compared to Generation X, due to greater income mobility for poor Black children and declining mobility for low-income White children.
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Beyond green: The intersection of eco anxiety and Black youth
Gen Z and millennials are increasingly worried about environmental sustainability, with Black youth being highly impacted by the record-breaking temperatures and eco-anxiety, and experts are urging schools to address the issue and include social services and local mental health practitioners to build a sense of community.
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The rent is still too high
By Farrah Hassen “How we gonna pay last year’s rent?” implores the chorus in the song, “Rent,” from Jonathan Larson’s 1996 musical of the same name. It’s the same refrain for many Americans today. A new Harvard study found that half of U.S. renter households now spend more than 30 percent of their income on […]