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Police attempt to control protesters at an anti-government rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Dec. 22, 2025. Following the massive youth-led uprising that toppled the Nepali government on Sept. 9, 2025, frustration resurfaced by late December among Gen Z groups regarding the transitional road map. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

What Gen Z‑led uprisings across Asia reveal about the strengths and limitations of youth protest

Youth-led protest movements across Asia have exposed underlying anger at corruption and blocked opportunity. But so far, only Nepal has managed to convert that anger into a transfer of governing power.
A supporter waits outside a federal courthouse in New York ahead of a January 2026 hearing for Luigi Mangione. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura

What Luigi Mangione’s celebrity says about Gen Z

A psychologist explains why the dark humor around Mangione’s case isn’t evidence of nihilism but of what happens when demands for moral seriousness stop feeling credible.
Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding educational reforms as part of the Cockroach Janta Party’s ongoing protest movement in Mumbai, India, on July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

What India’s ‘cockroach’ protests reveal about youth, solidarity and hope

The Cockroach Janta Party protests are significant not just as a reaction to one judge’s insult, but because the way the movement has organized offers a hopeful model of democratic solidarity.
A supporter waits outside a federal courthouse in New York ahead of a January 2026 hearing for Luigi Mangione. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura

Why Gen Z turns everything – even murder – into a joke

A psychologist explains why dark political humor doesn’t prove young people are nihilistic, but rather reveals what happens when moral seriousness no longer feels credible.
Members of Gen Z are more likely to identify as readers if books are folded into their social lives. FilippoBacci/E+ via Getty Images

What the panic over Gen Z’s reading habits gets wrong

Despite dire warnings of a ‘postliterate’ generation, data suggests Gen Z is still reading – just in ways many traditional studies fail to capture.
Children look at developed film in a darkroom during an analog photography workshop held in southeastern Turkey on June 14, 2026. Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images

Why Gen Z is falling in love with film photography

Armed with rolls of film, some young people are opting out of their algorithmic feeds in favor of experiencing life in ways that feel more deliberate, personal and tangible.
Mother’s Day is celebrated in France on the last Sunday of May. Prostock-studio/Shutterstock

The joy and pain of Mother’s Day: it’s time we embraced fertility journeys in their multiplicity

A day of celebration for many, it is also a source of anxiety for those whose hopes of motherhood have been dashed by infertility, loss, and those who have chosen unconventional paths to parenthood.

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