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Chicago’s “Disappearing Middle Class” Can Be Found in Its Proliferating Upper Middle-Class Neighborhoods
In a recent report with Stephen Rose, I argued that the narrative of a “shrinking middle…
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There Are Many Reasons to Cheer Up About the State of the Middle Class
This piece originally appeared at National Review Online and is reprinted here with permission. Statistics show that…
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The New Era for Nonprofits: America’s Old System of Federally Funded Nonprofits is Gone. What Comes Next?
For six decades, the federal government has both funded and relied on nonprofit service providers…
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Are conservative women embracing the ‘Supermom’ ideal?
It’s not liberal but conservative women who are embracing the “Supermom” ideal made popular by second-wave feminism…
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Libraries Are Doing the Work—Let’s Fund Them Accordingly
Over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of visiting libraries of all sizes—from…
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Alexis de Tocqueville and the Art of Association
Alexis de Tocqueville, the French aristocrat, wrote as a friend of democracy in America, albeit…
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It’s time to face up to our social poverty problem
Over the past half-century, virtually all aspects of social life have deteriorated in America. We…
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An Epidemic of Loneliness in the Age of Boundaries
Social media features a different viral villain every day. If we’re lucky, he or she tells…
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Narcan Babies
“As medical professionals who work with pregnant patients, you face numerous medical, legal, and ethical…
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Family Dinners Offer a Silver Lining in a Bleak Social Capital Landscape
Across a variety of indicators, social capital in America is deteriorating. But one trend appears…
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Perspective: The ‘social workplace’ and why it matters to Zoomers
Social connections are increasingly as important as pay to younger workers. A mission-led workplace can…
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Sins of Omission: Public Broadcasting Fails to Reach a Broad Cross-Section of America
Increasing numbers of Americans get their news from Facebook and Apple but nonetheless, every day,…