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"What kind of 'recovery' systematically fails an entire generation? What are we saying to young people about their value when their cries for economic and social justice go largely unanswered? Young people’s continued struggle is an indictment of our 'recovery.'
A year ago, we knew that the COVID-19 pandemic was taking a particularly brutal toll on youth and young adults. Whether looking at unemployment, mental health or health insurance, young people were struggling. One year later, the portrait remains virtually unchanged."
Read the full essay by Nia West-Bey, Director of Youth Policy, in Ms. Magazine and see our updated youth data portrait that shows why young people still can’t wait for economic justice, healing and wellbeing, and safe communities. Young people have waited long enough; we must pass the Build Back Better Act with its investments in youth employment, mental health, and climate justice intact.
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