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Why Politics Is Personal for Young People How Politics Is Shaping Youth Identity Why Politics Has Replaced Social Anchors The Existential Politics of a Generation
Learn why young adults in Gen Z and Millennials turn to politics to make friends, share values, and build their personal identity. Author Dan Cox discusses how fewer traditional structures like marriage are pushing Millennials and Gen Z toward political engagement. Dan Cox explains how Gen Z and Millennials seek community and moral clarity in political causes as traditional institutions recede. Dan Cox explores how secularization and social atomization turn political ideology into the primary vehicle for identity and community.
Catherine Bartlett on Love and Loss After 53 Years A Widow's Final Gift After 53 Years of Marriage Saying Goodbye: Catherine Bartlett on Grief and Love Catherine Bartlett on Granting Her Dying Husband Peace
Catherine Bartlett shares the moving story of letting her husband go after 53 years of marriage following a sudden, devastating illness. Catherine Bartlett reflects on her husband's battle with Guillain-Barré syndrome and the painful moment she told him he could let go. Catherine Bartlett recounts granting her paralyzed husband permission to pass away after a brutal fight with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Catherine Bartlett details her husband Randy's battle with Guillain-Barré syndrome and the final, loving words that allowed him to let go.
Why Are More People Single Today? The Rise of Singlehood: Why Modern Relationships Are Fading Generation Single: Dissecting the Global Decline of Romantic Partnerships The Institutional Uncoupling: Sociological Fractures, Hyper-Curation, and the Crisis of Modern Coupling
In many countries, fewer people are getting married or dating. In the United States, almost half of young adults between 25 and 34 do not have a partn Across the developed world, relationship and marriage rates have dropped dramatically over the past few decades. Research shows that between 2010 and Over the last fifty years, traditional family structures and romantic coupling have undergone a profound retreat throughout the developed world. In th The steady contraction of romantic coupling across post-industrial societies constitutes one of the most consequential demographic mutations of the tw