Ageism at work

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Illustration of a younger employee and older employee holding a puzzle piece together, standing in front of a puzzle piece background

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Two weeks after he and his wife closed on a summer house, Kevin Berman was laid off.

Boomers had Jobs. Millennials had Zuck. Where are Gen Z's tech founders?

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Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg

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Silicon Valley has long obsessed over the young, disruptive founder. So where are Gen Z's tech founders?

Here's what's on Gen Z's 'micro-spending' wish list

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Sonny Angel figurines
Sonny Angel dolls experienced a shortage in 2024 due to high demand from Gen Z consumers.

Sonny Angel

I'm a Gen Z venture capitalist who felt lonely working from home. I started ballroom dancing despite feeling nervous and it changed my life.

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Charlott Page in a blue sparkly dress, competing at a ballroom competition with her coach Gian DiFranco.
Charlotte Page took up ballroom dancing earlier this year. It's improved her physical and mental health, and allowed her to make many friends.

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America's trade war is coming for Gen Z's favorites

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A stock arrow dragging a Temu grocery basket upward
Gen Z could see higher prices in the coming years when they buy from Shein and Temu.

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What it's like to launch a startup with friends, according to 3 Gen Z cofounders who created a childcare startup together

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The founders of Playground
Longtime friends Sasha Reiss and brothers Daniel and Josh Andrews launched Playground, a preschool software startup, together.

Playground

Gen Z found a home in Asheville. Hurricane Helene swept it away.

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A side by side of a girl in the woods (left) and a flooded town (right).
Gen Zers like Sierra Isley, 24, moved to Asheville for work and a close-knit community.

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Campaign staffers are stressed — and it shows in their diets

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Obama brings pizza to a 2012 campaign office.
Campaign staff is typically stocked with comfort food — but one can only eat pizza so many days in a row.

MANDEL NGAN

Costco's members are getting younger as millennial and Gen Z shoppers flock to wholesale clubs

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A Costco Wholesale store in Colchester, Vermont, on November 13, 2023.
Costco added roughly 2.5 million Millennial and Gen Z household memberships last year.

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Millennials and Gen Zers are now helicopter parenting their parents

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