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Ilyce Glink writes that while predicting how the real estate market will behave is never an exact science. This year could be especially difficult to predict since presidential policies are tough to foresee at this early stage. Still, there are plenty of market trends for the new year are much...
According to Politico, Bernie Sanders has drawn a significant portion of his support from the youngest voting bloc (under the age of 30), but just 25 percent of millennial black voters said they are supporting the Vermont senator, compared with 64 percent who said they are backing Clinton. The...
Religion is suffering from generational replacement. Older generations in America, which were very heavily Christian, are passing away, and they’re being replaced by younger cohorts that are far more unaffiliated, not only than older generations are today, but than those older generations ever were. Within any self identifying group,...
There are 60 million millennials in America, and half of them are women, according to census figures. Millennial women are truly a ‘force to be reckoned with.’ They are ambitious, educated, enthusiastic, and determined to succeed in a world that has predominantly been ran by their male counterparts. The women who compose Generation...
We’re young and idealistic. We’ve worked assiduously to get here, and we want to balance our ambition with our compassion. As millennials, we’re fresh out of college and on the cusp of beginning the rest of the our lives. What is the future made of? It’s unclear — one day we...
I have my gripes with the so-called ‘Digital Age’. To me, many social media platforms are breeding grounds for narcissism, insecurity, ego, and insensitivity. Cyber bullying has become embedded in our culture — while laudable campaigns that seek to end virtual discrimination and hateful remarks are encouraging, there still remains...
Feminism. We’ve all heard about it. We all have our perceptions and evaluations of the term, but do we truly understand its tenets? For reasons I have yet to understand, the term feminism still rattles some bones. There are plenty of public figures who disassociate themselves, women perhaps being...
MILLENNIALS OF NYC “Don’t become too narrow. Live fully. Meet all kinds of people. You’ll learn something from everyone. Follow what you feel in your heart,” – Civil Rights activist Yuri Kochiyama. As the Millennials of New York City, we encounter all sorts of people, images, ideas, and movements daily. It...
We must engage our youth. We can not settle for selfies. I’ve previously discussed the idea that our generation and those to come will not be lost, but found. Armed with the potential, creativity, and awareness, they will be the ‘movers and shakers’ — the ones to get it...
“From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song, don’t want to see another generation drop,” Coldplay’s lyrics reverberate to a generation that has seldom witnessed great prosperity, but is now enduring a tumultuous time. It is inarguable that the record numbers of young people struggling to find work, leave the safety of...