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What’s Behind Gen Z’s “Silent Protest” at the Ballot Box

Season 2026 Episode 8144 | 17m 32s

What is Washington getting wrong about Gen Z? This is the central question of a new set of essays written by U.S. college students and published by NOTUS Perspectives, investigating the growing division between the government and the country's young people. NOTUS Perspectives editor Richard Just and two student contributors join the show to discuss the importance of intergenerational messaging.

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