New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is stepping up Democratic efforts to make sure young voters are prepared when heading to the polls on Election Day, especially in light of COVID-19. On Oct. 21, 2020, AOC livestreamed on Twitch to engage with the younger demographic that frequents the video game-centric…
Tag: Millennials
Lack of Diversity Will Be a Workplace Deal-Breaker for Gen-Z Applicants
Gen Z, which includes people ages 18–24, will make up more than 1 billion of the global workforce in the next decade, according to a new Intel report. They are entering the workforce during a time when collective knowledge about inequalities and injustices based on class, race, gender, ability and…
HIV/AIDS Stigma and Lack of Knowledge is Common Among Millennials and Gen Z, Survey Shows
The start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s led to misinformation fueling fear about the conditions. Now, the number of people living with HIV is tapering off, but it seems misconceptions are once again widespread. The survey’s results appear in Merck and the Prevention Access Campaign’s Owning HIV: Young…
Millennials More Likely to Die from Drugs, Alcohol, Suicide Than Other Age Groups: Analysis
Over the last decade, Millennials are the age group more likely to die from drugs, alcohol, and suicide over the past decade, according to an analysis out Thursday of the latest federal data by the non-profit Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust. Drug-related deaths among people 18 to 34…
Non-Whites Make Up Half of Post-Millennial Generation: Study
A new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data finds that the “post-Millennial” generation, which are those born after 1996, “is already the most racially and ethnically diverse generation, as a bare majority of 6-to 21-year-olds (52%) are non-Hispanic whites.” The only population of youth that has grown substantially…
Were the Kids in America
This election cycle has brought with it a wave of young blood into the Democratic party. From Iowa to Maine to California to Pennsylvania, a group of young progressives are prime to crash the old white man’s party in D.C. Whether it is a 25-year-old Eagle scout raised by two…
Prudential: What Might Life Be Like for the 80-Year-Old Millennial
How will our world change Will technology become more disruptive or just a part of life A study that imagines what’s ahead Partnering with Kantar Consulting, a leading global foresight and futures consultancy, Prudential (No. 15 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) enlisted futurists in tech, transportation, education, entrepreneurship,…
TD's Andrea Hough on Millennials: The Kids Are Alright
TD Bank is No. 38 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list (Originally published on LinkedIn) They work differently, think differently, and have different expectations than the employees we have managed for years. (Or, so people say) Considering that millennials are the largest generation in our workforce, it doesn’t surprise…
Southern Baptists Condemn 'Alt-Right White Supremacy'
The Southern Baptist Convention officially condemned “alt-right white supremacy” on Wednesday a day after an original resolution was shot down. “[We] decry every form of racism, including alt-right white supremacy, as antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” the resolution states. Further, members agreed that they “denounce and repudiate white…
PwC Survey: Millennials Mature with Their Finances
PwC is No. 5 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list Financial stress, student loans and retirement plan withdrawals all present obstacles to employee financial well-being according to PwC US’s 2017 Employee Financial Wellness Survey. As financial wellness priorities continue to shift across the generational divide, this year’s survey data,…