HONG KONG — Chinese officials announced Tuesday that they would temporarily stop publishing the youth unemployment rate, which has reached record highs in recent months, saying the way it is calculated needs refinement. Youth unemployment is just one of the problems facing China, the world’s second-largest economy after the United States, as it recovers more… Continue reading China, facing record youth unemployment, says it will stop releasing data on it
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Youth activists win ‘game-changer’ case for U.S. climate change protections
HELENA, Mont. — A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate. The ruling in the first-of-its- kind trial in the U.S. adds to a small number of legal… Continue reading Youth activists win ‘game-changer’ case for U.S. climate change protections
Youth say they need education and job skills to thrive in the modern world | Global development
Getting a good education and a job are the top priorities for 10 to 24-year-olds, according to the preliminary results of the largest-ever global survey of young people. More than 700,000 were asked what would improve their wellbeing. About 40% cited education and work, while 21% said safety and 16% good health and nutrition. The… Continue reading Youth say they need education and job skills to thrive in the modern world | Global development
Parkland Survivor Launches PAC To Back Youth Candidates
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg is teaming up with the campaign manager for Congress’ youngest-ever member to launch a new group aiming to get young people elected to state legislatures and Congress. The new group, Leaders We Deserve, will back people under the age of 30 running for state legislatures and people under the age… Continue reading Parkland Survivor Launches PAC To Back Youth Candidates
My live fast, die young youth was fun, but I don’t expect the NHS to pick up the pieces | James Bethell
Ten years of high living while managing the Ministry of Sound was the best fun a young man can have. But combined with my college boozing, social smoking, ice-cream bingeing and the mental repercussions of my mother’s tragic suicide, those heady 4am moments on the dancefloor will apparently lead, with grim inevitability, to a broken… Continue reading My live fast, die young youth was fun, but I don’t expect the NHS to pick up the pieces | James Bethell