American Gen Yers are driving union memberships across the US as employees join forces in workplaces with no history of unionization. Despite being stereotyped as socially disengaged, this uptick shows that Yers do care about the structures in place to support and protect them.

If Faisal Islam, Ralph Keyes and the New York Times are to be believed, the Trump candidacy and the vote for Brexit show we've entered a post-truth era – a world where emotion and populism win out over facts and experts. But is it true? And do emotional appeals really trump facts and figures?

With growing scepticism around traditional news publications and their vested interests, young people are turning to social media as a virtual town hall for political news. But online echo chambers are pushing more misinformation than truth. People are insulating themselves in their own opinions, selectively collecting information that bolsters their existing beliefs, rather than using facts and opinions to explore alternative views. As emotions and group identities become the primary sources of political opinion, tactics like sensationalism and fear-mongering are informing decisions more than ever.

Between the US presidential election and the EU referendum, the disparity between young and old is as pronounced as ever. 'Any man who is under 30, and not a liberal, has no heart; any man who is over 30, and not a conservative, has no brains', goes the maxim. And research seems to support it.