How Young Women Saved the Democratic Party in 2022
November 17, 2022
Donald Trump and Dobbs are Defining the Politics of a New Generation of Women. Continue Reading →
The Class Divide in Family Dinner
November 7, 2022
The family dinner, once a ubiquitous feature of American life shared across cultural, religious, and class lines, has disappeared in many households. Continue Reading →
The Peril and Promise of Election Polls
October 31, 2022
How to interpret polls and avoid error ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Continue Reading →
Can Americans Find Common Ground on Abortion?
October 24, 2022
Most Americans are willing to find common ground on abortion. Continue Reading →
A Moral Double Standard on Marital Infidelity
October 12, 2022
Men and women hold different views of the morality of marital infidelity depending on who commits it. Continue Reading →
Why a Modest Decline in Religious Belief is Important
July 8, 2022
Another poll, another record broken in the country’s continuing religious descent. A new Gallup poll finds that 81 percent of Americans say that they believe in God, representing a six point drop over the last five years. Continue Reading →
Jews and the Faith of Their Children
May 23, 2022
Just half of Jews in America today believe it is important for children to be brought up in a religion so they can learn good values, making the Jewish community an outlier compared to other religious traditions. Continue Reading →
In a Post-Roe World Will Inflation Still Dominate Our Attention?
May 9, 2022
Following the leaking of a draft opinion that would overturn the Supreme Court decision Roe vs. Wade, what roll will inflation play in the 2022 midterm election? Continue Reading →
Jewish Religious Exceptionalism
April 14, 2022
Data from the Survey Center on American Life’s new American National Family Life Survey reveals that while Jews heavily embrace cultural traditions such as foodways and festivals, their levels of engagement with conventional forms of religious practice, such as regular worship and religious marriage ceremonies, are much lower than national norms. Continue Reading →
The Childhood Loneliness of Generation Z
April 4, 2022
There’s a growing concern that young adults today are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness, social isolation, and disconnection. A lot of blame is being placed on social media, or more recently the pandemic. Delayed family formation is another likely factor—young adults are marrying later than they once did. But what if Gen Z is lonelier Continue Reading →
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