HISTORICAL FACTS: 11 | History Defined

Resistance to AI is bubbling up

The pace at which AI takes off depends in part on its users — and there's a cohort that's just saying no.

Axios · Oct 19, 2025

The cure for Gen Z's apathy as high school kids ask 'why bother?' in the age of AI: a really useful new AP course on business and personal finance

"In elementary school, they'll take what we give them. In middle school, they become suspicious. And in high school, many of them are done."

Fortune · Oct 18, 2025

Gen Z's misery is real: Most workers in this economy lack a voice and are stuck in low-quality jobs, a massive Gates-backed study finds

"We've seen, really, a rising tide of unhappiness, loneliness, isolation, anxiety, stress, and worry," Stephanie Marken of Gallup told Fortune.

Fortune · Oct 16, 2025

Mocktails for Maga: why the US right is turning sober

Tucker Carlson says young people are more health-conscious than older generations. Does it explain why Republicans are drinking less?

The Guardian - US · Oct 9, 2025

Americans' trust in key federal agencies hits record lows

Many agencies hover at or near their lowest approval ever since Gallup's first poll in 2014.

Axios · Oct 9, 2025

How American views on Israel and antisemitism have changed since Oct. 7

Nearly two years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel and the county’s ensuing invasion of the Gaza Strip, Americans are more divided on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than they were before the war – and concerns are mounting about the safety of Jewish communities at home

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump?

As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power – with disastrous consequences

The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2025

Americans’ trust in media hits an all-time low, with Republican confidence now in single digits

In its annual measurement of American adults’ confidence in mass media, Gallup found only 28 percent of respondents said they had at least a fair amount of trust in the press.

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025

Gen Z, millennials, and Republicans drive trust in media to the lowest ever recorded, a shocking collapse of 40 percentage points since 1972

Trust in media has never been lower, Gallup says. A shocking 70% of U.S. adults have “not very much” confidence or “none at all” in what they see and hear.

Fortune · Oct 2, 2025

'But You Had Hope': Suzy Welch Says Gen Z Burnout Stems From Vanishing Belief In Hard Work Paying Off

Generational burnout isn't new, but the reasons behind it may be shifting. Suzy Welch, business author and professor at New York University, believes the problem facing today's young workers isn't just about long hours — it's about lost hope.

Benzinga · Oct 1, 2025