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In 2003 Rachel Aspden arrived in Egypt as a 23-year-old journalist. She found a country on the brink of change. The two thirds of Egypt's eight million citizens under the age of 30 were stifled, broken, and frustrated, caught between a dictatorship that had nothing to offer them and their autocratic parents' generation, defined by tradition and obedience. In January 2011 the young people's patience ran out.

The Baby Boomers are the largest and most powerful generation in American history—and they aren't going away any time soon. They dominate cultural and political institutions and make up the largest slice of the electorate. Generational conflict, with Millennials and Generation Z pitted against the aging Boomer cohort, has become a media staple. The generation gap is widening into a political fault line.

Congresswoman and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz challenges the nation to resolve tough issues for future generations. She conveys a vision of an America that has learned hard lessons from its recent past, an America galvanized by a renewed sense of purpose for applying that wisdom through forward-thinking policies on education, civil rights, and foreign policy.

America is at a crossroads. We are alienated from civic engagement, and our democracy is in doubt. Yet there is a new energy in the air. Young people are again taking up the role they've often held: as leaders of change, demanding a better future, wielding their votes to uphold democracy and lead the country forward. Enter Generation Citizen, an organization dedicated to empowering youth through revitalizing civics education across America.

Niklas glaubt, der Dreisatz wäre eine olympische Disziplin.Latoya kennt drei skandinavische Länder: Schweden, Holland und Nordpol. Und Tamara-Michelle hält den Bundestag für einen Feiertag.

What is FLINT? It's what makes America strong. We live in a culture that often dismisses and ridicules conservative values. By the time liberal professors, the news media, and Hollywood get through with them, many young Americans are convinced "conservative" means extremist and intolerant. It's a distortion that endangers America's future. Bill Bennett and coauthor John Cribb explain what conservatism really means using five fundamental principles summarized by the word FLINT.

Frémeaux & Associés accueille, avec Stéphane Hessel, une expression vivante de sa vocation d'entreprise éditoriale : un auteur, humaniste, citoyen, engagé dans une transmission bienveillante, éthique et esthétique de son expérience d'homme, à l'usage des jeunes générations.

"A Generation's European Identity Is Shaken" is from the July 02, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Aurelien Breeden and narrated by Paul Ryden.

Kaum etwas erregt die Gemüter im Deutschland der siebziger Jahre so wie die erste Generation der RAF um Ulrike Meinhof, Andreas Baader und Gudrun Ensslin. Im Deutschen Herbst 1977 kommt es zum traurigen Höhe- und Endpunkt: Zur Freipressung der Stammheim-Häftlinge wird Hanns-Martin Schleyer entführt, und auch die 91 Insassen der Lufthansa-Maschine Landshut werden zu Geiseln in einem tödlichen Machtkampf.

"After Decades out of View, Navy Deserter Hopes to Rally a New Anti-War Generation" is from the December 22, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by John M. Glionna and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A Cuban-American Generation Gap" is from the August 17, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Alyson Krueger and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Her best-remembered film is probably Singin’ in the Rain (1952), a classic MGM musical about 1920s moviemaking, in which she held her own with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor — although she was only 19 when the movie was shot and had never danced professionally before.

"'Destined to Disappear': The Last Generation of China's 'Bang-Bang Army'" is from the June 28, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Chris Buckley and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.