| | | 25/03/2024 Who screwed the millennials, IS videos show Moscow terror attack, investors shun nuclear power |
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| | | Good morning. With those born between 1981 and 1996 becoming the first generation worse off than their parents – in the face of rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt – Guardian Australia today launches the first two episodes of a new podcast series: Who screwed millennials? Generational inequality is not a concocted culture war but a tangible economic and political divide which has the potential to worsen divisions, Jill Filipovic, author of OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind, says. Meanwhile, Islamic State’s videos of its deadly Moscow attack corroborate the group’s claim of responsibility, and climate-conscious investors put nuclear energy at the bottom of their investment wish list. |
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 | Full Story | | Who screwed millennials? A generation left behind With rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt, young people in Australia are living through what author Jill Filipovic describes as “a series of broken promises”. Guardian Australia today launches the first two episodes of a new series in which Jane Lee and Matilda Boseley investigate why young people are living in a time of such economic strain. In their first episode, they consult the experts on how millennials became the first generation to be worse off than their parents. And in the second they ask: who screwed millennials out of affordable housing? Meanwhile, series producer Miles Herbert says it took working on the podcast about what’s happening to young people for him to let go of the idealism about his future and face the sobering reality that the life his parents led would never be his. | |
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| In-depth | | Since its launch 15 years ago, the dating app Grindr has become a lifeline for rainbow communities in countries where being gay or bisexual can be dangerous – as well as a “crash course” in objectification, according to one young British user. As Grindr took off in the mid-2010s, gay bars in many cities around the world were closing at rapid rates. Now, it operates in 190 countries worldwide. |
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| Brain teaser | And finally, here are the Guardian’s crosswords to keep you entertained throughout the day. Until tomorrow. | |
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| | | Lenore Taylor | | Editor, Guardian Australia |
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