Japan’s baby boomers rode the wave of the country’s postwar success. Now, as their society ages, they must now face their generational responsibility.
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Kieran Hurley’s new play treads the familiar debate of millennial precarity versus boomer affluence with verve and insight.
The law changed older adults’ caregiving behavior because their children became more able to take paid time off work to care for their own newborns.
A strain of sorrow and pessimism underlies all of Vonnegut’s fiction, as well as his graduation speeches. But he also insisted that young people cherish those fleeting moments of joy.
Their popularity can’t be explained by the nostalgia of baby boomers or superior sound quality. So what’s going on?
Middle age means staying a step ahead on both the medical and financial fronts.
The gradual changes in voting behaviour represent an existential crisis for the Liberals going forward.
An English professor takes a critical look at why today’s students are assigned the same books that were assigned decades ago – and why American school curricula are so difficult to change.
About a third of American adults in Generation Z lack the money or resources needed for reliable access to nutritious food.
When political candidates talk about their long-term care proposals, let’s remember there isn’t much point unless we recruit and adequately compensate enough workers to care for our loved ones.
The ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ are embracing different forms of spirituality – skateboarding may be one of them.
Tropes around woke warriors and their heartless parents get us nowhere.
Economic opportunities, social norms and expanding education and employment options for many women help explain why U.S. fertility has slowed in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
The survey also found that trans people who live in their affirmed gender report experiencing less stigma, anxiety and depression.
Millennials’ favourite 😂 is the latest casualty of gen z’s emoji snobbery.
Millennials and boomers advising Biden can look for common ground on climate change, student loan debt and other key issues.
Despite greater human rights protections, LGBTQ+ people in Canada still face challenges and discrimination when it comes to housing.
As the adult children of baby boomers start inheriting their parents’ wealth, it’s time we looked seriously at taxing this unearned income.
Instead of isolating and excluding older Australians, communities that are designed to embrace the growing numbers of Australians over 65 will have all kinds of benefits for Australia.
As more and more Americans are laid off, employers have to consider the cost of letting their staff go.
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