-
Often times, when we talk about improving our public schools, it is easy to come back to the question of money. Are schools basically fine, just underfunded? Millennials say no - more funding isn't the cure-all for what ails our schools.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
Boosting STEM education opportunities for young women globally is one critical way that the U.S. can promote women's equality, as well as economic development, around the world.
Kristen Soltis Anderson
-
For some in my generation, Sept. 11th was a moment of political awakening. For others, the Iraq War or the financial crisis or the rise of Obama were the major events of their teenage years that began to lay the foundation for their views.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
Women face unique challenges in society, no doubt. But focusing narrowly on women as a special interest group isn't the winning play. The ability to pay your bills, send your kids to a good school, and keep your family safe are 'women's issues' after all.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
Young voters may be growing up in an era of increased global connection, cooperation and commerce. But they're very open to politicians who tell them it is these very things that are keeping elites in power and keeping their generation down.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
Those who are able to afford to live in a neighborhood with 'good schools' will do so, knowing that a good education is the key to good opportunity for their children.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
For thousands of years, humans have used the art of storytelling to motivate and persuade.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
In the United States, it is unmistakable that young people have broken away from the political right and have gravitated to more leftist-populist figures like Bernie Sanders.
Kristen Soltis Anderson
-
Millennials easily connect the dots between good education and good opportunities, and they also understand that it isn't just hard work that determines how well a child will be educated - it also depends on where they live and the resources their parents commit to their education.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
Donald Trump has had political success positioning himself as a 'law-and-order' candidate.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
The American system is set up to have two parties competing for votes. But Americans have not had the same two parties to choose from since the beginning.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
In the year 2000, the very youngest members of the Baby Boomer crew were in their mid-30s while the oldest Boomers were mid-50s. That year, the Boomers were a generation divided somewhat equally between the GOP and Democrats.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
Congress has been productive when focusing on bites of policy that don't inflame the divisions within the party and quietly do the work of governing.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
I have written time and again about the damage the Republican Party has done to itself with the millennial generation.
Kristen Soltis Anderson
-
It was weird that I was a young person who was Republican. And I wanted to get at the heart of why it was that so many people of my generation thought that being Republican just wasn't for them. They thought that conservative ideas just weren't for them.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
Without a clear diagnosis of why the candidate or party failed, there can be no clear consensus about how to move forward.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
It is fair to debate how much either bill - Obamacare in 2010, tax reform in 2018 - had or will have an impact on the midterms.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
Fast-moving views are not likely to be strongly held views. Instead, they're much more likely to be about people mirroring back the signals they see coming from the leaders they support. People can resolve dissonance by shifting their own view on issues that aren't top of mind.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
'Staunch conservatives' and 'free marketeers' are fairly typical Republicans, while the 'American preservationists' are far less reliably a part of a GOP coalition.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
The robots are coming, whether we like it or not, and will change our economy in dramatic ways.
Kristen Soltis Anderson
-
I grew up in Orlando, Florida, and I joined the debate team right around the time of the 2000 election.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
In 2014, topics like Black Lives Matter, the Middle East, and Ebola were prominent in the national discussion, with mentions of then-President Barack Obama making up a relatively small slice of the discussion on news twitter.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
Polling is an art as well as a science, and the art of crafting good questions is still vital.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
Trump won 44.4 percent of votes in Virginia in 2016. At press time, Ed Gillespie had won 45 percent of the vote in 2017.
Kristen Soltis Anderson