This is an opinion editorial by Trey Walsh, senior director of youth programs at the MassHire Metro North Workforce Board in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Our world has seen dramatic change and change in recent years: a global pandemic, war, political instability, and a growing sense of pessimism toward governments, the future health of our planet, and our global financial system. And there is one group, particularly in the Western world and the United States, that has become increasingly dissatisfied and, in some cases, hopeless above the rest: Gen Z.