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CommentaryApril 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.
CommentaryApril 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.
CommentaryApril 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.
CommentaryMarch 13, 2022
We Live in a Nation of Strangers. That Needs to Change
Diversity is not the source of our current problems; our troubling incuriosity about our neighbors is driving disconnection.
CommentaryFebruary 23, 2022
Why Are White Liberals So Pessimistic About Politics?
No one seems happy about politics these days – but White Liberals are uniquely pessimistic.
CommentaryJanuary 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?
CommentaryNovember 29, 2021
Why Crime Likely Won’t Be An Issue In The 2022 Midterms
Violent crime is up. Data from the FBI found that the murder rate increased nearly 30 percent in 2020. And homicides continue to rise in 2021 as well, if not by quite as much. Americans have noticed. A Gallup poll released in November 2020 found that 78 percent of Americans thought that the national crime rate was higher than the year
CommentaryJuly 25, 2021
We Asked Hundreds of Unemployed Americans What’s Keeping Them Out of Work — It’s Not Unemployment Benefits
The Survey Center for American Life’s new survey shows a difference in needs between the pandemic unemployed and the chronically unemployed. Continue reading on Insider
CommentaryJuly 20, 2021
Can Married Men and Women be Friends? Marriage, Friendship, and Loneliness
The time we invest on our relationships, whether it is with a partner, spouse, or a friend, is likely the most important thing we can do to ensure a long, healthy, and fulfilling life.
CommentaryJuly 6, 2021
American Men Suffer a Friendship Recession
After a prolonged period of social isolation, Americans are dusting off their social calendars. But as Americans try to rebuild and reconnect, a new survey conducted by the Survey Center on American Life finds that the social landscape is far less favorable than it once was.