The Culture Wars Are Over, and Millennials Helped Win Them
‘The Great Gatsby’ Soundtrack: Jay-Z, Will.I.Am Belong On It
Baz Luhrmann’s 3D interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel about the Jazz Age has critics raving about its visual effects and its capture of the cultural zeitgeist of the Roaring 20s. Many critics however have suggested that he jumped the shark by adding rap music from Jay-Z, Will.I.Am, and others to the movie’s musical score. But for those who know their generational history, the linkage is not only appropriate, but right on key. Read more »
Millennial Lifestyles Will Remake American Homes
As Millennials, America’s largest generation, enter their thirties in ever greater numbers, their beliefs about how and where to raise a family will have a major impact on the nation’s housing market. This follows as their media and political preferences have helped shape how we entertain ourselves and who is the president of the United States. A 2012 survey indicated that seventy percent of Millennials would prefer to own a home in the suburbs if they can “afford it and maintain their lifestyle.” Now a new survey of 1000 18-35 year olds conducted for Better Homes and Garden Real Estate (BHGRE) by Wakefield Research provides a much more detailed picture of the type of home Millennials believe best fits their needs and desires. Read more »
Communities Need to Build Better Millennial Connections
Originally published
at NewGeography.com
A remarkable, but mostly unnoticed, 2012 study found a powerful correlation between a community’s civic health and its economic well being. The analysis by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) and its partners found that the density of non-profits whose purpose was to encourage their members’ participation within the community correlated strongly with the ability of a locality to withstand the effects of the Great Recession. Read more »
Great Recession Turning Millennials Into Their Great-Grandparents
Originally published
at NationalJournal
Baby boomers, growing up in what appeared to be the never-ending prosperity of the 1950s and ’60s, were at various times amused, mystified, and infuriated by the economic caution of their GI or Greatest Generation mothers and fathers, often labeling the penny-pinching of their parents “Depression mentality.” Read more »
Oscars Ratings 2013: Awards Finally Appeal to the Only Demographic That Matters
Originally published
at PolicyMic
The producers of this year’s Oscar show, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, deserve credit for attempting to overcome the challenges of putting on a show that has to appeal to multiple generations, even if the results were decidedly mixed. By choosing Seth MacFarlane to host the show, the Academy took some risk that his type of snarky humor wouldn’t offend viewers from older generations too much. Read more »
Improving Millennials’ Civic Health — and the Country’s
Originally published
at Huffington Post
Millennials (born 1982-2003) are America’s most civic-oriented generation, since their GI Generation great grandparents. They believe in collective, local, direct action to solve their community’s and the nation’s problems. However, a recent report on the state of Millennials’ civic participation indicates that the generation’s interest in taking part in political activities is constrained by the underlying skepticism of many Millennials about the transparency and fairness of the country’s current political system. To address this problem, the Roosevelt Institute’s Campus Network (RICN) has just issued a set of recommendations on how to create “Government By and For Millennial America,” that should serve as a roadmap for anyone interested in increasing the civic health of America’s largest and most diverse generation. Read more »
How Green are Millennials?
Originally published
at NewGeography.com
Besides his history-making embrace of full equality for gays and lesbians, the most surprising part of President Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural Address may have been the emphasis placed on dealing with the challenge of climate change. The president devoted almost three whole paragraphs, more than for any other single issue, to the topic. His remarks suggested that America’s economic future depended on the country leading the transition to sustainable energy sources and that “the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.” Read more »
Obama’s Electoral Coalition Is Now His Policy Coalition
Originally published
at NationalJournal
As demonstrated in the presidential exit polls and rehashed in countless articles and blogs since the election, Barack Obama’s decisive reelection victory over Mitt Romney was a triumph for a still-emerging, majority Democratic Obama coalition, which we said in a pair of preelection Next America articles would define a new civic ethos, or consensus on the role of government, for the nation. Read more »
A Millennial Era Approach to Preventing Gun Violence
As published
at NDN.org
President Obama’s comprehensive proposal for preventing gun violence in America is to be commended. The focus for policy makers shouldn’t be to try and sort out which of his ideas are politically feasible but rather which ones will work to accomplish the goal of preventing gun violence of all types, while preserving the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. Read more »
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