Hey, boomers! Younger Americans would like a word.
We’ve noticed that many of you are pretty upset about the state of the nation. And we get it. We really do. But do you ever stop and ask yourselves how we got here?
In the Opinion video above, younger Americans from the New York region spell out the frustrations of the generations that followed the baby boomers. Like so many of us, they’re struggling with the high cost of education, a scarcity of affordable housing and a diminished American dream.
We live in communities that are still divided by race, in a nation burdened by debt, on a planet that keeps getting hotter.
We have one simple request: How about an apology?
Emily Holzknecht (@emilyholzknecht) is a producer with Opinion Video. Binyamin Appelbaum is the lead writer on economics and business for the Times editorial board.
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