What People Get Wrong This Week: Immigrants and Pets
The 2024 presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump took place just a week ago. Long after the rest of this has been forgotten, […]
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The 2024 presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump took place just a week ago. Long after the rest of this has been forgotten, […]
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This week I’m studying Nikocado Avocado, a YouTuber who has fooled the whole world. I’m also looking at what happens when brain-rotting slang gets into […]
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If you’re like me, you turned on the first game of the new NFL season this week and immediately screamed, “This is off to a […]
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This week’s What Young People Are Doing report looks at what happens when the film industry announces a Minecraft movie, the media industry notices a […]
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Presidential candidate Kamala Harris has long said she worked at McDonald’s while she was in college. While not the centerpiece of her “Elect Me” campaign, […]
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School is almost back and young people’s collective energy seems more focused on new backpacks and water bottles (North Face and Stanley are cool brands, […]
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This week in the world of youth, gamers are watching a Chinese video that is shaking up the industry; people eat cucumbers; and everyone is […]
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I’m going to look back one last time at the 2024 Olympics to set the record straight for Australian b-girl Rachel “RayGun” Gunn. Not to […]
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This week, young people are using nitrous oxide to make delicious whipped cream, taking pride in not consuming enough, and for some reason hanging out […]
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So you want to get away from jury duty. Sure, you can wear a T-shirt that says “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” or loudly proclaim that […]
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The November presidential election may seem like a century away, but it’s never too early to come up with a voting plan, especially in light […]
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If this were a normal election season, I would look at the most controversial claims from each side, examine where they come from, and separate […]
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See how I open my weekly column explaining youth trends to older people? Very attentive. Very modest. I tell people who Reagan, the Olympic Destroyer, […]
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The triumph, heartbreak and baguettes of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad culminated in spectacular Olympic fashion this weekend as the literal torch was passed […]
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The Paris Olympics are nearing the finish line, and like a great marathon runner, the games end strongly . I don’t know if today was […]
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We have reached the home stretch of the Olympic Games. The closing ceremony is this Sunday and I will be sad, but I am also […]
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If you’ve been following sports on social media over the last week or so, I’m sure you’ve seen photos and videos of Canadian athlete Tyler […]
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The Paris Olympics are in the middle part, during which athletics reigned supreme. There is no purer, simpler expression of sport than this: we see […]
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This week we look at how young people view two long-standing American traditions that occur every four years: the presidential election and the Summer Olympics. […]
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I would watch the Olympics all day, every day, all year if I could, but the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris can’t go on forever. […]
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The 2024 Paris Olympics concluded its first week with the women’s gymnastics all-around competition, an event that is always one of the most popular events […]
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Big news on day five of the Olympics: The Seine has been declared safe for swimming. In the world of table tennis, athletes from North […]
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Day four of the Paris Olympics included a bronze medal for the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team, a silver medal for the internet’s new darling, […]
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Does U.S. Senator and Vice Presidential Candidate J.D. Vance consider the image at the top of this article to be pornographic? It depends on whether […]
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Hello, dear Olympians! The Paris Games are in full swing, with thousands of athletes from around the world competing in 32 sports (29 of which […]
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Young people don’t usually vote in large numbers, and I understand that: voting is boring and only inspires politicians anyway. But Kamala Harris’ entry into […]
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Fame works differently than it used to. Very few people are household names, but there are plenty of YouTube creators, Instagram influencers and TikTokers who […]
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On May 28, 2002, Paramount Pictures announced that it had optioned Avril Lavigne’s song “Sk8er Boi” for a feature film. This news story, along with […]
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A few weeks ago, British teenager Jay Slater went missing in Spain’s Costa del Sol region, sparking international interest in the case and a flood […]
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Welcome to the first annual Memey Awards, where the memes of the summer compete for the coveted title of “Meme of the Summer.” I went […]
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I’ll be first in line to see Fly to the Moon when it opens on July 12th. Based on the trailer , the film tells […]
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This week I’ll start with a review of Brawl Stars . I know the game has been out for a long time, but if you’re […]
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Almost everyone is wrong about sunscreen. On the one hand, few people online question the safety and effectiveness of sunscreen: people like Primal Physique, a […]
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It’s summer and the empty hours need to be filled, so young people are snapping bananas, creating imaginary shows on Netflix and forming very strong […]
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If you’re anything like me, you woke up this morning to a calendar pop-up telling you that Flag Day is tomorrow, June 14th. You probably […]
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If you are looking for Strands hints and answers for Wednesday June 12, 2024, read on as I share some hints and tips and finally […]
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Back in April, I looked into rumors in Donald Trump’s fraud trial that the ex-president farted a lot in court . Because I’m fair and […]
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This week we’re talking about generation gap! Gen Z and millennials are fighting over Eminem (sort of), a YouTuber has been elected to the European […]
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On April 1 , the World Health Organization was informed of the first case of avian influenza (H5N1) transmission from a mammal to humans: a […]
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Young people are everywhere this week. On the other hand, many children corrupt their brains. Others succumb to age-old internet schemes to “follow the train.” […]
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