Social and Cultural Futures
Social and cultural futures is about how American society may change in how people live, believe, and relate to one another, and what those changes mean for government. It covers family life, beliefs, identity, health, and community ties, the areas where public policy and private life meet.
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Topics in Social and Cultural Futures
Family and identity
Changing Family Structures looks at how households are formed and supported, and Gender Roles looks at what society expects of men and women.
Belief and division
Religious and Secular Trends covers shifts in faith and the lack of it, and Cultural Polarization covers the widening distance between groups over values and identity.
All Articles on Social and Cultural Futures
Civics Education vs. Patriotic Education in America
One of the primary reasons for founding America's public education system was to prepare young people for active participation in self-government. Today, some champion…
Examining the Left-Right “Blame Game” for Political Violence
An anonymous reader writes to us: Why don’t you list in sequential order all the violence committed ... since Trump began re-election bid. In…
America’s Religious Decline Creates New Battleground
The United States is experiencing a religious transformation that is reshaping American politics. For the first time in the nation's history, the cultural dominance…
How Government Is Adapting to the Changing American Family
The image of the American family, once narrowly defined as a married couple with children in a suburban home, has been evolving. Demographic shifts…