A Future in Which Greed is Not a Virtue and Sharing is Not a Sin A Future in Which Greed is Not a Virtue and Sharing is Not a Sin
COLLEGE FINALIST: My generation must take on the task of building strong community economies and reestablishing collective wealth for all people.
Dec 2, 2011 / Matthew Hickson
Misogyny is Killing My Generation Misogyny is Killing My Generation
HIGH SCHOOL FINALIST: Suddenly, my opinion of a record I had been listening to for over eight years was turned on its head.
Dec 2, 2011 / Kevin Xiong
Facing Up Facing Up
COLLGE FINALIST: There’s still time to face up to the issues we stand to inherit, and our generation has the modern means to do it. Whether we can muster the will&m...
Dec 2, 2011 / Alex Klein
“Mommy, Where Are All the Black Kids?” “Mommy, Where Are All the Black Kids?”
HIGH SCHOOL FINALIST: A Black face in my high school would become as foreign as a repressed memory that everyone just seemed to forget existed.
Dec 2, 2011 / Ashley Arkhurst
Dangers of an Absent Mind Dangers of an Absent Mind
COLLEGE FINALIST: The inability for people to live in the present may become increasingly dangerous as it continues to become more socially acceptable.
Dec 2, 2011 / Jake Shoemaker
What Will Become of My Generation? What Will Become of My Generation?
HIGH SCHOOL WINNER: A graduating high school senior reflects on her generation's embattled future—and its dwindling access to quality education.
Dec 2, 2011 / Hannah Moon
Maybe I Would Be Alone Maybe I Would Be Alone
COLLEGE WINNER: Catastrophe is different when it is personal.
Dec 2, 2011 / Bryce Wilson Stucki
Bobby Valentine’s Last Stint as Manager Bobby Valentine’s Last Stint as Manager
There is a reason the former Mets skipper hasn't worked a Major League dugout in a decade.
Dec 2, 2011 / Dave Zirin and Mike Elk
Up Against the Wall (Street) Up Against the Wall (Street)
Alterman's guide to gift-giving and Reed on media's not-so-safety net: fact-checking.
Dec 2, 2011 / Eric Alterman
Why Mitt Romney Avoids Interviews Why Mitt Romney Avoids Interviews
Even on Fox News Romney is defensive and unable to explain a key policy.
Dec 1, 2011 / Ben Adler