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The internet has taken the iconic “Little Miss” and “Mr. Men” characters to create the newest meme to share anything from health struggles to red flags.

Millennials and Gen Z are most ready to avoid plastic and opt for a less wasteful procedure.

Most Gen Zers and millennials really do want to own a home someday, if not right now. Their biggest roadblock is affordability, a recent Bankrate survey says.

Politicians often overlook young adults, but 18- to 25-year-olds are flexing political muscle in ways they can no longer ignore.

One of the first stories about seasonal affective disorder, published in the The Washington Post in 1981, starts with a young woman telling her psychiatrist that she “should have been a bear” because of her urge to hibernate when the days become shorter in the fall. She was kind of joking, the outlet noted, but her awareness of her cyclical…

Girls are more likely to be dissatisfied with environmental efforts than boys, and older teens are more likely to care about corporations’ role in climate change than younger teens, new data finds.

Generation Z voters are the least likely to identify as conservative, but they’re also the most likely to disapprove of the job President Biden is doing, and that’s a growing problem for Democrats ahead of the 2022 midterms. NBCLX political editor Noah Pransky breaks down why Gen Z feels this way and what Dems are doing to fight it.

The Facebook rebrand to Meta featured many TikTok stars who don’t really have a presence on Meta-owned platforms, says Insider reporter Palmer Haasch. That’s likely no accident, as data shows Gen Z is using Facebook less and sees the platform as one for Boomers.

While opinion polls show young voters consistently rank climate change and the future of the planet at or near the top of their priorities when they think about casting a ballot, the same surveys also reveal Gen Z-ers rank the future of the national debt considerably lower down their list of priorities. It’s almost a mirror image of the...

Young people are much more likely to prioritize issues like climate change over the national debt than older generations when hitting the voting booth, research shows. NBCLX political editor Noah Pransky explores the reasons for this generational divide.

Losing Virginia’s governor race isn’t the only development from Tuesday’s elections that has Democrats concerned heading into a vital midterm year. Turnout among their youngest, most progressive voters was down by stunning numbers in an otherwise high-turnout gubernatorial race. The share of votes coming from Virginians under the age of 30 was just 10%, according to preliminary NBC News...

A majority of Americans plan to watch the Olympics this year and young people are interested too. New events like skateboarding are a big draw, but the most recognizable face was Simone Biles by far. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky talks about a recent poll on Olympics viewership.

Iconic fashion trends of the early 2000s like bucket hats, low-rise jeans, and babydoll T-shirts are all having a resurgence among younger consumers.

Although millions of Americans are getting COVID-19 vaccines every day, the number of Millennials and Gen Z adults getting inoculated is lagging behind the pace of other age groups, even as all age restrictions on vaccine access have now been lifted nationwide.

The NBCLX/Morning Consult survey also finds vaccine skepticism growing among Hispanics one year into the coronavirus pandemic.

She may have made her Golden Globes debut Sunday night as an ambassador, but NBCLX contributor Satchel Lee, daughter of Oscar-winning director Spike Lee, wants you to know there’s a lot more on her mind than handing out trophies and escorting award winners off of a stage.

Satchel Lee is a storyteller, a filmmaker and the 26-year-old daughter of Spike Lee. As host of the NBCLX series “Sincerely, Gen Z” she interviewed young people across the country about their struggles, their hopes and their ambitions.

17-year-old Jackie James and 20-year-old Sofia Ongele are using TikTok to teach millions of their peers about activism and social justice. James and Engele joined LX News host Ashley Holt to discuss the responsibilities and difficulties of TikTok fame and why they think sharing their messages on that platform is so important.

Has our very-online obsession with politics turned American government into just an obsessive hobby? Tufts University professor Eitan Hersh, who has diagnosed this as “political hobbyism,” thinks so. Hersh joined LX News to discuss what real political engagement looks like and how seeing politics as entertainment can be detrimental to make real change.

Images of members of Congress hiding and sheltering in place during the U.S. Capitol attack made many American students think of their own survival training during school shooting drills. NBC’s youth and Internet culture reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt stopped by LX News to discuss how Gen Z-ers now hope this traumatic experience leads lawmakers to think more carefully about gun reform....