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The 21st century is old
enough to have kids of its
own. Some of them are
on the pages that follow.
They are the authors of
tart letters to elders
on the state of the world
they are inheriting—and the wise
heads insisting that workplace health
include emotional well-being and
that food also nourish the planet.
They are coiled to remake America’s
sclerotic politics at the ballot box
and are forcing change now in the
streets of Hong Kong and capitals
from Santiago to Baghdad. And after
coming of age in the shadow of
global climatic catastrophe, they
bring an urgency that’s more than
the impatience of youth.