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The Great Urban/Suburban Merge
By Jerome Dineen The American city has experienced huge changes in the last few decades. In many places, home prices have climbed, high school dropout rates have fallen, and incomes have risen. Those...
View ArticleWhere People Are Living Their Best Possible Lives
By Ari Pinkus Schools keep trying to get a handle on it; workplaces are carving out time to address it; meanwhile, myriad media are filled with advice to help people with it. The issue is wellness, and...
View ArticleFor Trump And The GOP: Warning Signs in the Middle Suburbs
Donald Trump’s road to the White House was complicated, but it went directly through the Middle Suburbs, a collection of blue-collar suburban counties heavily based in the Industrial Midwest. Now a...
View ArticleAcross Communities, a Link Between Encouraging Relationships and Healthy Choices
By Elizabeth Sherwood Healthy eating and regular exercise are considered key in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. To that end, companies must prominently list ingredients and nutrition facts, employers...
View ArticleConcerns About Online Privacy Are Top of Mind Across America
By Ari Pinkus As data breaches roil the tech landscape and moves to boycott Facebook, Apple, and Google increase, Americans across the country see the lack of privacy online significantly impacting...
View ArticleHow New Tax Law May Deepen America’s Political and Geographic Divides
This federal tax season marks the last one with a full dose of SALT – state and local taxes. Next year the new Republican tax plan will place a $10,000 cap on the deduction households can take on their...
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The Struggle to Afford Food in College Towns — and What Colleges Are Doing...
By Elizabeth Sherwood Rising tuitions have forced many students to reassess the true value of a college degree and get more creative in funding the high cost of higher education. But what happens when...
View ArticleWho’s Sleeping the Most and Least in America?
By Ari Pinkus Now’s the time when students of all ages are cramming for end-of-year exams through the wee hours. But it’s not just students sleeping poorly—and it’s not just in May. A health problem...
View ArticleHow Different Communities Prefer to Spend Leisure Time
By Elizabeth Sherwood Summertime is almost here and as Americans look forward to the beach trips and vacations of the next few months, the American Communities Project finds there are different items...
View ArticleWhat (or Where) is Driving Trump’s Job Approval Increase?
In recent months President Donald Trump’s job approval numbers have been on the rise in most public opinion surveys. What’s driving those approval bumps? The cultural conservative base leads the way,...
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