Commentary
November 18, 2022
How Hispanic Americans Think About Work and Identity
If we want to understand the evolving role of Hispanic Americans in American culture and politics, one useful on-ramp is studying Hispanics in the workplace.
October 31, 2022
The New Workplace Gender Imbalance: Social Capital and Job Satisfaction
New data suggests gender and education are the difference between liking and loving your job. But there’s a price to be paid.
June 1, 2022
There’s A New Age Gap On Abortion Rights
Americans’ views on abortion have been relatively consistent for years despite massive demographic changes, social upheaval and shifting perspectives on sexuality. But that may be about to change.
May 12, 2022
Will Abortion Redefine the 2022 Elections?
Democratic losses in November seem predestined. For many political observers, the only question left is how bad will it get?
April 11, 2022
Gen Z is the Loneliest Generation — and It’s Their Parents Fault
Gen Z is the most accomplished generation, but new data show they missed out on fun and family, leaving them more adrift than previous generations.
Gen Z is the most accomplished generation, but new data show they missed out on fun and family, leaving them more adrift than previous generations.
April 10, 2022
Stop Blaming Young People for Leaving Religion
Much of the decline in current religious commitments can be traced back to the way young adults have been raised.
Much of the decline in current religious commitments can be traced back to the way young adults have been raised.
April 5, 2022
For Gen Z, Religious Pluralism Will Require Bridging the Religious-Secular Divide
For Generation Z, American religious life has been defined by its diversity. And religious pluralism has been as much practice as principle.
March 13, 2022
We Live in a Nation of Strangers. That Needs to Change
Diversity is not the source of our current problems. We have become troublingly incurious about our neighbors
Diversity is not the source of our current problems; our troubling incuriosity about our neighbors is driving disconnection.
February 23, 2022
Why Are White Liberals So Pessimistic About Politics?
No one seems happy about politics these days – but White Liberals are uniquely pessimistic.
January 4, 2022
Why The Republican Party Isn’t Concerned With Popularity
Despite the fact that the GOP is quite unpopular and that much of its current agenda, the party is in an enviable position heading into the 2022 midterm elections and beyond. Why?
In the News
September 16, 2026 The New York Times
‘Death of the Pastor’s Wife’ and the Horror of Spiritual Abuse
September 11, 2026 Deseret News
Perspective: What ‘never forget’ means 25 years later
September 10, 2026 The Cut
My Boyfriend Is My Only Friend
Survey Reports
Daniel A. Cox
July 23, 2026
A Digital Divide in American Adolescence: Gender, Class, and the New Teenage Experience
If teenage years once represented a time of rebellion, teenagers’ lives today are marked less by pushing boundaries and more by building their own. Many teenage experiences are less common than they once were—dating, working a part-time job, and experimenting with drugs and alcohol are less common experiences. The 2026 American Teenagers Survey from the
Daniel A. Cox, Jae Grace, Avery Shields
April 27, 2026
Strangers Next Door: The Decline of Neighborhood Socializing and the Class Divide in Belonging
Acknowledgment The American Enterprise Institute’s Survey Center on American Life is grateful to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for its generous support of this research. As Americans spend more of their time online, the neighborhood—once a primary physical location for real-world socialization—is playing less of a central role than ever before. Since









