Youth

Young People Are Leaving Their Jobs in Record Numbers—And Not Going Back

Life for Whitney Green looks a little different these days. She wakes up to the sounds of Rome: scooter engines echoing off cobblestones, the lilting chatter of café patrons collecting their morning espresso shots. She...

By Raisa Bruner October 29, 2021

How Activists Are Radically Interrogating Berlin’s Colonial Past—and Reshaping Its Future

A group of activists, artists and educators is working to draw attention to Germany's dark history of colonialism through mapping, exhibitions, walking tours and more

By Suyin Haynes October 22, 2021

Latino Entrepreneurs Were Among the Hardest Hit by the Pandemic. Now They Could Spur the Economic Recovery

Jaime Macias could hardly have opened his bar and restaurant, Jaime’s Place, at a worse time. In the weeks before his scheduled grand opening in October 2020, COVID-19 ran rampant through San Antonio. Restrictions had...

By Jasmine Aguilera/San Antonio October 1, 2021

75% of the Young People Around the World are Frightened of the Future Because of Climate Change

Growing up in the emerging reality of the climate crisis is taking its toll on young people’s mental health. According to a global survey and peer-reviewed study soon to be published in Lancet Planetary Health,...

By Ciara Nugent September 14, 2021

Meet the Young People Shaping Health's Post-Pandemic Future

'I truly did find my calling'

By Tara Law June 10, 2021

How Europe's Young Backpackers Forged a New Wave of International Collaboration

And saved priceless works of art, too

By Richard Ivan Jobs / History Today August 2, 2017

E-Cigarettes Are a Public Health Threat to Young People, Surgeon General Warns

One in six high school students use e-cigarettes

By Alexandra Sifferlin December 8, 2016

A Young Syrian Refugee Dreams of Going to School

Her family fled war in Syria, but Zahra, 5, is "trapped" in a country next door

By Andrew Katz September 8, 2016

The Boy in the Ambulance

Silent and in shock, a child rescued after a reported airstrike becomes the face of Aleppo

By Andrew Katz August 17, 2016

1 in 5 American Kids Has Abnormal Levels of Cholesterol

New federal data shows U.S. young people are not immune to having out of whack cholesterol

By Alexandra Sifferlin December 10, 2015

Why the World Weeps for Paris

ISIS struck at the heart of Western culture

By Matt Vella November 18, 2015

America's High Obesity Rates Aren't Going Down

Obesity rates among people between ages 2 to 19 have stabilized but haven't gone down

By Alexandra Sifferlin November 12, 2015

Honda’s New Civic Is a Play For Youthful Buyers

This is the 10th-generation Civic

By Laura Lorenzetti / Fortune September 17, 2015

Why Young People Are Running From Office

TIME speaks with Jennifer Lawless, whose research on young Americans' political ambition is revealed in a new book

By Katy Steinmetz May 19, 2015

This Video of a Young Couple Aging 70 Years Will Make You Laugh and Cry

Love goggles don't wear off

By Mandy Oaklander May 16, 2015

Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 9

1. Take a data dive to see how a ring of suburban poverty is appearing around America’s revived cities. By Luke Juday at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia...

By The Aspen Institute March 9, 2015

Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 5

1. Peak gas: According to some forecasts, the fracking boom could be a bust. By Mason Inman in Nature 2. To end the conflict with Boko Haram, Nigeria needs to address the alienation of its...

By The Aspen Institute December 5, 2014

Many Young Americans Are Happy Not To Work

Analysis shows increase in the percentage of teenagers and twenty-somethings outside the labor force

By Justin Worland November 14, 2014

The Burden of Early Success

Taylor Swift and Malala Yousafzai are great role models. They've also set an impossible standard for success

By Charlotte Alter November 13, 2014

Are You Only as Young as You Feel?

In her book Counterclockwise, Harvard professor Ellen Langer recounts a groundbreaking study she did in 1979 that has since become the stuff of legend. She took a group of male research subjects in their 70s...

By Eric Barker October 25, 2014

Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 20

1. Early intervention for young people could halt schizophrenia before it starts. By Amy Standen at National Public Radio 2. Next generation air traffic control management can reduce delays and frustration at the airport. By...

By The Aspen Institute October 20, 2014

The Voice of a Generation

Joshua Wong and his fellow students have triggered a youthquake that’s shaking up Hong Kong

By Emily Rauhala / Hong Kong October 8, 2014

Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 2

1. A global competition could prime the pump for development of disease-fighting treatments. By James Surowiecki in New Yorker 2. Cancer detecting yogurt? New technology could make diagnosing colon cancer as simple as taking a...

By The Aspen Institute October 2, 2014

Baltimore Tightens Curfew Amid Skepticism and Protests

Most major cities have curfew policies, but experts doubt their effectiveness

By Justin Worland August 8, 2014

Stop Telling Women Their Most Valuable Asset Is Their Youth

Why, in an era when we are succeeding in so many ways, do we buy into sexist tropes about aging?

By Jessica Bennett August 7, 2014

Libertarian Students Enthusiastic

White House contender Rand Paul revved up the youthful crowd, asking "Anybody here from the 'Leave Me Alone' coalition? How about the 'Leave Me The Hell Alone' coalition?”

By Becca Stanek August 1, 2014

4 in 10 Teens Send Texts While They Drive

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found kids are still engaging in a range of risky behaviors, despite a reported drop in cigarette use.

By Maya Rhodan June 13, 2014

Alfonso Cuarón Inspired by 'Purity' of Youth

Deciding to refrain from toasting his mother because "my Oedipus is rampant" and he still needs his eyes in order to direct movies, Alfonso Cuarón turned his praise to generations yet to come as he...

April 30, 2014

The Cool New Way to Get High Is Apparently To Rub Burt's Bees Lip Balm On Your Eyelids

It's called "Beezin"

By Samantha Grossman April 24, 2014

Australia Is a Better Place Than the U.S. to Be a Teen

Aussie teens are having a way better time than other kids, according to the Global Youth Wellbeing Index, which looked at indicators including economic opportunity, access to education, health and safety from 30 countries

By David Stout April 4, 2014

What's Really Wrong With Young People Today: Juvenoia

Every generation believes that the generation before was too rigid and conservative—and the generation after too wild and out-of-control.

By Chris Ferguson March 12, 2014

Wrinkles and Red Lipstick Don't Mix

No doubt about it, we are living in the age of wrinkles. The population of “elderly” in America and in almost all areas of the world is growing fast—faster than the overall total population. It...

By Mireille Guiliano January 13, 2014

Youth Activists at COP26 Won't Settle For Climate Delay

30 in 2030: Planning for the Future

30 in 2030: A Generation Creating Change

30 in 2030: Coming of Age During a Pandemic