On AlterNet: young people

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How Unpaid Internships Perpetuate Rampant Inequality in the US

Anna Lekas Miller, AlterNet. October 7, 2011.

Internship culture has become a source of class division, favoring the privileged, excluding others from opportunities granted to their better-off peers.

Latest Sex Hysteria: Everyone Worried Young People No Longer Having Sex (Don't Worry, They Are)

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. July 13, 2011.

No matter how young people are doing it, they’re doing it wrong, according to the mainstream media.

Are We Becoming an Atheist Nation? 3 Reasons Young People Are Abandoning Religion

Rev. Howard Bess, Consortium News. November 28, 2010.

Chances are that if you are in your 20s or 30s, you are not hanging around a church. Here are some reasons why.

Who's Paying for the Recession Most of All? Young Workers

Lizzy Ratner, The Nation. November 10, 2009.

Young people have lost 2.5 million jobs to the crisis, making them the hardest-hit age group.

Republican Soul-Searching in Five Minutes

Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. November 18, 2008.

There's a lot to learn about politics from the GOP and the details of how they reform, but the gist of the matter seems pretty clear.

The War on Pot Is a War on Young People

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. October 17, 2008.

74% of all Americans busted for pot are under 30 -- it's long past time for young people to join ranks and help end this drug war.