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- May 19
- 4 min
Reasons Why Americans, Especially Younger Americans, are Abandoning Religion & Why it Will Continue
Americans are abandoning religion in unprecedented numbers. Less than half of us now belong to a church, and only about a quarter of...


- May 12
- 3 min
What to Make of the Diploma Divide in American Politics & Why it's Likely to Get Larger
Educational attainment is a new fault line in American politics. Increasingly, voters with college degrees favor Democratic candidates...


- Apr 13
- 1 min
Survey: By a More Than a Two to One Margin, Americans Want Abortion Pills to Remain Legal
A federal judge in Texas appointed by Donald Trump last week invalidated the Food and Drug Administration’s long-standing approval of the...


- Jan 19
- 3 min
New Studies Demonstrate The Importance of Immigration to America's Economy
Immigrants are vital to America's economic success. There is a mountain of research to prove it and two recent studies underscore why...


- Jan 10
- 4 min
Education, Science & the Growing Anti-Intellectualism among Conservative Republicans
As a long-time political science professor, the thing that worries me most about the modern Republican Party is its growing aversion to...


- Dec 3, 2022
- 4 min
Public Policy & the Growing Life Expectancy Gap Between Red States and Blue States
On average, Americans living in blue states with more progressive state legislatures can expect to live quite a bit longer than those...