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June 18, 2024
Economic Opportunity and Social Mobility
…the one before it, that doesn’t seem to be the case. As they approach and pass age 40, Millennial men and women have higher median hourly wages than any previous…
May 6, 2024
How States and Communities Can Strengthen Marriages
Family is the greatest source of social capital, providing the setting in which people grow, develop, and anchor their lives. Stable and healthy marriages are at the foundation of strong…
February 5, 2024
Why We All Rely On the Organized Kindness of Strangers
…not long after I began reporting on religion, the average congregation in America had a median attendance of 130 people. By 2020, according to[v] the Faith Communities Today study, the…
January 17, 2024
A Midwest State of Mind
…in small businesses, its economy reinforced what Lauck terms “the moral teachings of Christian/Victorian culture.” In his view, the Midwest epitomized American “exceptionalism.” Even so, Lauck writes, while the Midwest…
December 19, 2023
Sins of Omission: Public Broadcasting Fails to Reach a Broad Cross-Section of America
…a Christian school in Nashville whose campus is alcohol-free and specializes in preparing graduates to work in the music industry. The Nashville university also requires study of Shakespeare, the Greeks and the…
November 8, 2023
Measuring the Geography of Social Networks
…shows that there are strong social links between Norway and the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, which saw large inflows of Norwegian migrants in the late 19th and early 20th…
November 1, 2023
The Ultimate Social Capital: A Story to Save the Union
…was ratified, there were secession movements in the Appalachian, Scots-Irish dominated sections of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia (the so-called Whiskey Rebellion) and New England (during the War of 1812). The…
October 23, 2023
Teach Your Children Well
…are also real habits and real pieces of knowledge that enable some kids to get ahead. And they matter a lot more than whether you know different words for Italian…
August 29, 2023
Skate Parks: Appreciating Another Third Place
…irrelevant . . . [and are] egalitarian and inclusive.” Girls and women, like my daughter, are a significantly growing proportion of the community. The marketplace clearly wants spaces and parks for…
August 10, 2023
The Real Reason People Leave Religion
…to explain America’s cross-cultural religious decline. There’s simply not much evidence that hyper-involved parents are taking kids out of bible study to enroll them in Russian math classes. The question remains:…