In The News January 4, 2023

Is America Suffering a ‘Social Recession’?

Kyle Gray

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In The News January 4, 2023

America’s Epidemic of Loneliness: The Raw Material for Fascism

Kyle Gray

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In The News January 4, 2023

I Dedicated 2022 to Making New Friends. Here’s What I Learned

Kyle Gray

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In The News January 4, 2023

How to Make New Friends — and Feel Closer to Old Ones — in 2023

Kyle Gray

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In The News December 30, 2022

What Researchers Told Us About Family Life in 2022

Kyle Gray

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In The News December 27, 2022

From Bowling Alone to Posting Alone

Kyle Gray

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In The News December 22, 2022

The Doctor Who Joined an Insurrection

Kyle Gray

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In The News December 21, 2022

Churchgoing and Belief in God Stand at Historic Lows, Despite a Megachurch Surge

Kyle Gray

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In The News December 21, 2022

63% of Men Use Dates to Become ‘a Better Version of Themselves’—for the Other Person, it can Feel Like a Therapy Session

Kyle Gray

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Commentary December 20, 2022

Why Americans are Spending Less Time with Friends — And What to do About it

Daniel A. Cox

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 24: People sit and have a picnic in Washington Square Park during a heat wave on July 24, 2022 in New York City. The five boroughs of New York City are under a heat advisory until 8 PM on July 24th according to the US National Weather Service. Much of the East Coast is experiencing higher than usual temperatures as a heat wave moves through the area forcing residents into parks, pools and beaches to escape the heat. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

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 →

Survey Reports

Daniel A. Cox, Sam Pressler
August 22, 2024

Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life

Disconnected: Places and Spaces presents new survey findings that suggest Americans are less connected than ever before. Continue Reading →

Daniel A. Cox, Kyle Gray, Kelsey Eyre Hammond
May 28, 2024

An Unsettled Electorate: How Uncertainty and Apathy Are Shaping the 2024 Election

A survey of more than 6,500 US adults focused on the 2024 presidential election reveals a pessimistic and unsettled American electorate fractured by education, ideology, class, and gender. Continue Reading →

Generation Z and the Transformation of American Adolescence Cover Image

Daniel A. Cox, Kelsey Eyre Hammond, Kyle Gray
November 9, 2023

Generation Z and the Transformation of American Adolescence: How Gen Z’s Formative Experiences Shape Its Politics, Priorities, and Future

This report explores the foundational differences between American generations through their formative adolescent experiences. Continue Reading →

Young man sitting in a dark room before a wall featuring various conspiracy theory-related items illuminated by a computer screen

Daniel A. Cox, M. Anthony Mills, Ian R. Banks, Kelsey Eyre Hammond, Kyle Gray
September 28, 2023

America’s Crisis of Confidence: Rising Mistrust, Conspiracies, and Vaccine Hesitancy After COVID-19

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 →

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