America’s Crisis of Confidence: Rising Mistrust, Conspiracies, and Vaccine Hesitancy After COVID-19
September 28, 2023
America is experiencing a crosscutting crisis of expertise and scientific distrust accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic that poses significant challenges to democratic debate and public decision-making Continue Reading →
What the Rise in Dog Attacks Signals About the State of America’s Social Capital
July 17, 2023
In the wake of the pandemic, the increase in both dog attacks and individual antisocial behavior seems to be a consequence of our deteriorating social capital. Continue Reading →
The Price We’ll Pay for Our AI Future: More Loneliness
June 7, 2023
Americans are trapped in a loneliness epidemic and AI chatbots like ChatGPT could make it even worse. Continue Reading →
American Politics Needs a New National Purpose
April 11, 2023
The United States seems to have lost its way as a country. Americans have generally low regard for our political leaders, little faith in our institutions, and even less in each other. Our politics are defined by acrimony and division. We’ve witnessed a decades-long deterioration in civic life and social solidarity. The erosion of traditional Continue Reading →
Despite Professional Successes Many Women Still Experience Imposter Syndrome
March 15, 2023
Women in the professional world are thriving and have been pulling ahead of men for years. Confidence in job performance however, remains lower than men of their same age. Continue Reading →
Reorganized Religion with Bob Smietana
January 30, 2023
America’s rapidly changing religious landscape has spurred many questions about the cause of its decline and predictions about what the future holds. In his new book, Reorganized Religion: The Reshaping of the American Church and Why It Matters (Worthy Publishing, 2022), Religion News Service’s Bob Smietana follows the decline of mainstream Christian denominations, the rise of “disorganized disbelievers,” and how politics shapes religious communities and what this means for the the future of our civil society. Continue Reading →
Why Americans are Spending Less Time with Friends — And What to do About it
December 20, 2022
A full work week. Hours on housework, yard work, time spent with your kids or partner. Then there’s all the time we spend online. Where is the time for friends? Today, On Point: Declining time with friends, increasing loneliness. We hear what to do about Americans’ lost connections. Continue Reading →
Pro-Choice, Pro-Life or … Both?
November 29, 2022
American attitudes on abortion are complicated and most Americans don’t fall into the pro-life or pro-choice binary. Continue Reading →
The Class Divide in Family Dinner
November 7, 2022
Family dinners—a once ubiquitous feature of American life shared across cultural, religious, and class lines—have disappeared in many households. Continue Reading →
The New Workplace Gender Imbalance: Social Capital and Job Satisfaction
October 31, 2022
New data suggests gender and education are the difference between liking and loving your job. But there’s a price to be paid. Continue Reading →
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