On AlterNet: generation x

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "generation x"

Back to the Future? Generation X and Occupy Wall Street

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. November 16, 2011.

We started out with Nixon. Could Occupy Wall Street lead us to a new society?

Ignore the Youth Vote at Your Own Peril

Matisse Bustos Hawkes, AlterNet. May 2, 2008.

Mike Connery on why progressive leaders should stop lamenting 'youth apathy' and start engaging the most diverse, tolerant, generation in history.

How Generation X Got the Shaft But Can Still Keep Everything From Sucking

Helaine Olen, AlterNet. March 22, 2008.

Gen X'ers don't deserve their slacker reputation, argues the author of X Saves the World. After all, they can boast Google and Barack Obama.

Spend, Spend, Spend: The New Model for Parenting

Helaine Olen, AlterNet. August 8, 2007.

In spite of being racked with debt, Gen X parents are increasingly pouring their paychecks into luxury items for their children that seem frivolous to the point of ridiculousness.

What the World Might Look Like When the Millennials Run It

Tom Tresser, Conscious Choice. August 2, 2007.

Young, wired and living life on the digital edge -- meet the Millennials and see a snapshot of what political changes could happen when they're in charge.

Why Progressives Are Selling Out To Corporate America

Jeanine Plant, AlterNet. August 1, 2007.

An interview with author Daniel Brook offers us answers on why so many progressives get roped into the corporate world.