‘Turn on, tune in, drop out’; so goes the famous counterculture phrase popularised by American psychologist Timothy Leary in 1966. But while some aspects of that era live on, it seems Leary’s phrase is lost on today’s youth, with the US high school dropout rate falling in recent years.

From Coasties to K-Poppers, the US is home to a range of teen subcultures. In the third of a series exploring Gen Z and Gen Y tribes, Andrea Graham Richeson delves into the overscheduled world of Alpha Achievers. Do these ambitious teens embody the model student and future star employee?

The UN has called internet access a human right, but over 23 million rural US citizens don’t have access to internet speeds sufficient for even basic tasks such as booking a doctor’s appointment online. Microsoft plans to change this by converting old TV channels into broadband services.

If the internet were a country, it would be the fifth largest economy all on its own, but just 43% of people have access to it. Since 2013, Facebook has been working alongside names including Samsung and Qualcomm to fix this. But could making the internet accessible to all really be so simple?