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Current as of April 16, 2026. These sources were used for the non-numbered 50-article collection: "The Path Was Removed, The Expectation Remained"

By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST PodcastPublished 5 months ago • 2 min read
  1. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey. U.S. Department of Labor, https://www.bls.gov/cps/
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  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unemployment 4.5 Percent for High School Graduates with No College in January 2025. U.S. Department of Labor, 2025, https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/unemployment-4-5-percent-for-high-school-grads-with-no-college-in-january-2025.htm
  4. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unemployment Rates by Educational Attainment. U.S. Department of Labor, https://www.bls.gov
  5. Bloomberg. Corporate America Promised to Hire a Lot More People of Color. It Actually Did. 2023, https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-black-lives-matter-equal-opportunity-corporate-diversity/
  6. Bloomberg. Corporate America Hired More Black Workers. Then It Stopped. 2024, https://www.bloomberg.com
  7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Births: Provisional Data for 2025. National Center for Health Statistics, 2026, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr043.pdf
  8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fathers’ Involvement With Their Children. https://www.cdc.gov
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  10. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Labor Market for Recent College Graduates. https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market
  11. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Survey of Consumer Expectations. https://www.newyorkfed.org
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  14. Institute for Family Studies. New IFS Survey: How Young American Men View Marriage and Family. 2026, https://ifstudies.org
  15. Institute for Family Studies. State of Our Unions 2026: The Dating Recession. https://ifstudies.org
  16. Merlin Strategy. Polling on Gender Attitudes Among Young Adults.
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  18. National Bureau of Economic Research. Is Making Divorce Easier Bad for Children? https://www.nber.org
  19. Stevenson, Betsey, and Justin Wolfers. Marriage and Divorce: Changes and Their Driving Forces. National Bureau of Economic Research, https://www.nber.org
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  21. National Center for Education Statistics. Fast Facts: Graduation Rates. U.S. Department of Education, https://nces.ed.gov
  22. National Center for Education Statistics. Undergraduate Enrollment. U.S. Department of Education, https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cha/undergrad-enrollment
  23. National Institutes of Health. McLanahan, Sara, et al. The Causal Effects of Father Absence. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  24. National Institutes of Health. Sarkadi, Anna, et al. Fathers’ Involvement and Children’s Developmental Outcomes. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  25. Pew Research Center. Americans See Men as the Financial Providers Even as Women’s Contributions Grow. 2017, https://www.pewresearch.org
  26. Pew Research Center. Childcare Costs and Family Economic Burden Data. https://www.pewresearch.org
  27. Pew Research Center. How Americans See Men and Masculinity. 2024, https://www.pewresearch.org
  28. Pew Research Center. In a Growing Share of U.S. Marriages, Husbands and Wives Earn About the Same. 2023, https://www.pewresearch.org
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  32. Rosenfeld, Michael J. Who Wants the Breakup? Gender and Breakup in Heterosexual Couples. Stanford University, https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_gender_of_breakup.pdf
  33. Scarlett Maguire. “Survey Data on Young Men and Women’s Views of Each Other.” X (formerly Twitter), https://x.com/Scarlett__Mag/status/2044312088793723351
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  35. Survey Center on American Life. Young Men and Social Trends. https://www.americansurveycenter.org
  36. The New Statesman. Angry Young Women. 2026
  37. U.S. Department of Education. The Nation’s Report Card. https://www.ed.gov
  38. World Bank. Fertility Rate, Total (Births per Woman). https://data.worldbank.org

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