LGBTQIA+
September 27, 2021
Public Still at Odds About LGBTQ Issues in Public School
Even as gay and lesbian issues have slipped from national headlines, public attitudes on LGBTQ issues continue to evolve. Continue Reading →
May 13, 2021
Why Public Support for Transgender Rights is Likely to Grow
Public understanding of transgender policies will increasingly be informed not by news reports or political rhetoric, but through personal interactions with the people immediately affected by them. Continue Reading →
March 21, 2019
Fewer Americans Think LGBT People Face Discrimination
Perception of discrimination against LGBT people have plummeted in the last few years. Still, the drop has not coincided with a broader shift in the public’s thinking about discrimination in society overall. Continue Reading →
March 6, 2019
Most Churches are Losing Members Fast — But Not the Mormons. Here’s Why.
In an era of declining faith, Mormon membership is holding steady.
One-quarter of Americans are religiously unaffiliated today, and Christian denominations are contending with massive drops. The success of the Mormon Church may have to do with their unrelenting focus on the family. Continue Reading →
Generation Uncoupled
Generation Uncoupled: America's New Gender Divide and the Crisis of Human Connection
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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 Continue Reading →
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 Continue Reading →
In the News
October 13, 2026 New York Post
Gen Z thinks they’re so special, they can’t even deal with romantic relationships
October 2, 2026 Vox
A guide for raising boys to be resilient men
October 1, 2026 USA Today
Turns out Gen Z isn’t having enough sex. I know why
October 1, 2026 Washington Examiner



