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Gen Z
Yes, Phones Are Bad. But Can You Live Without One?
I went to the much-hyped anti-tech conference, where everyone was wondering: How do you give up apps in a modern world that assumes you have them?
River Page
Don’t Freak Out About Fruit-Flavored Vapes
Teenagers shouldn’t start vaping, but the FDA’s approval of flavored vapes offers new hope for anyone who wants to quit smoking cigarettes, which are…
Sally Satel
Arthur Brooks: Gen Z’s Great Retreat from Risk
Teen drinking has plummeted. So have dating, marriage, childbearing, and other leaps into adulthood. What looks like prudence may signal a dangerous…
Arthur Brooks
The Death of the Summer Job
When I was a teenager, the end of school meant it was time to get to work. Summers spent busing tables were more transformative than a trip to Europe.
Larissa Phillips
The SAT Is Back. But Is There a Better Alternative?
Jeremy Tate thinks the SAT is way too easy—so he invented the Classic Learning Test. He says he’s ‘in a battle to save Western civilization.’
Maya Sulkin
The Making of a Teenage Terror Suspect
Extremists know which kids to target online: young, male, and isolated. An Ohio family never imagined their autistic son would be one of them.
Maya Sulkin
Watch: How Discord Radicalized Our Son
Maya Sulkin investigates how an Ohio teenager was raided by the FBI after he was targeted by jihadis online.
Maya Sulkin
17M
Eat Thy Neighbor’s Sourdough
I went deep into the world of ‘cottage food.’ Plus: A conversation with Freya India about how the internet ruined girlhood—and if we can ever get it…
Suzy Weiss
The Political Genius of Spencer Pratt. What Happens When the Boomers Say Goodbye? Plus. . .
Freya India joins The Free Press! Nikki Haley’s son on the future of the Republican Party. Hadley Freeman on Britain’s Jew-hatred. And much more.
The Free Press
I’m Not a Soldier in the Battle of the Sexes
Young women are miserable for so many reasons. But in certain media outlets, you’re only allowed to acknowledge one: the shortcomings of men.
Freya India
A New Haley for a New Right
At 24, Nikki Haley’s son, Nalin, has become a poster boy for the young, post-Trump conservative movement.
Isaac Grafstein
WATCH: The Gen-Z Debate with Harry Sisson and Isabel Brown
Why are young people struggling so much with everything from finances to mental health?
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