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Generation X

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9/11

Nathan Rabin: Why Gen X Is Super Media-Literate

The Joy of Trash author talks about how D.A.R.E., bad TV, Weird Al Yankovic, and 9/11 created a generation of ironic idealists.

Nick Gillespie | 3.30.2022 5:20 PM

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Freedom

Jackass Embodied Gen X's Casual Indifference to Authority

Beneath all the harm, humiliation, and non-consensual hair-shaving was a love of freedom.

Justin Logan | 2.5.2022 12:00 PM

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Movies

We Keep Going Back to The Matrix

How a generation was redpilled by a nerd power fantasy about defining yourself in the digital age

Kat Rosenfield | 12.16.2021 6:31 AM

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Millennials

Why Millennials and Gen Z Hate Boomers, and What To Do About It.

Karla Vermeulen's Generation Disaster: Coming of Age Post-9/11 is a starting place to mend the new generation gap.

Nick Gillespie and Regan Taylor | 10.13.2021 2:43 PM

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Reason Roundup

Most Americans Have Not Put on Pandemic Weight, Actually

Plus: Homeschooling rates have doubled, the USPS is about to get even slower at delivering mail, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.23.2021 9:30 AM

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Feminism

Writer Meghan Daum Thinks You Need To Toughen Up

"If 2018 was the year that the concept of 'cancel culture' went mainstream, then 2019 may be the year that cancel culture cancels itself."

Nick Gillespie | 1.7.2020 6:00 AM

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Student Loans

Are Millennials Responsible for Their Own Student Debt?

Most college students borrow responsibly but the media can't stop showcasing people whose behavior is inexplicable and indefensible.

Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2019 5:25 PM

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Reason Roundup

The Partisan Divide Is Turning Into an Age War by Proxy

Plus: A primer on street surveillance, new video from Sandra Bland's cellphone, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.7.2019 9:30 AM

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Mass Shootings

'Gun Politics Is Where the Easy Caricature of America's Radicalized Youth Marching Toward Socialism Ends'

Young Americans don't fit into dying 20th-century culture-war tribes.

Nick Gillespie | 2.19.2018 2:50 PM

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Millennials

Steady Rise in Student Perfectionism Since 1990s

College students have become more likely to have unrealistic demands for themselves and others, according to a new study.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.3.2018 1:30 PM

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Generation X

Welcome to Adulthood, Gen Z

The post-millennial generation starts turning 18 this year, while the eldest members of the post-Gen Z cohort are starting to be born.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.22.2017 1:15 PM

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Culture

Premarital Sex Is 'Not Wrong at All,' Say 58 Percent of Americans

On the other hand, fewer approve of extramarital sex.

Ronald Bailey | 5.29.2015 9:30 AM

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Election 2014

Election Brings In a Less Geezeriffic Senate

Scott Shackford | 11.6.2014 11:55 AM

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Millennials

Young, Bummed, and in Debt

The labor market looks bleak for millennials. Why aren't they angrier?

Veronique de Rugy | 8.26.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Are Baby Boomers and GenXers Breeding Monsters?

Nick Gillespie | 8.21.2014 1:17 PM

Politics

The Secret Language of Millennials (And Why Boomers and Gen Xers Just Don't Understand)

Nick Gillespie | 7.11.2014 10:56 AM

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Economics

Millennials Not Quite as Pathetic as Everyone Thinks

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.3.2014 4:10 PM

Politics

3 Reasons to Fix Social Security Now!

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 7.10.2013 3:30 PM

Economics

Gen X Unprepared for Retirement Unless It Cuts Spending

Which might slow the economy

Reason Staff | 5.22.2013 3:40 PM

Culture

The Time Roger Ebert Dismissed Video Games and What Happened Next

An argument about art that went beyond the silver screen

Scott Shackford | 4.4.2013 7:06 PM

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