Looking Back on 2020, and Ahead to 2021

2020 was not a happy year for most Americans. Just over half say that, personally, 2020 was a year filled mostly with sadness. Just 22% say it was a year filled mostly with happiness. But looking ahead, most Americans feel hopeful. CONTINUED Fred Backus, CBS News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is […] Read more »

Eleven-Country Survey: Americans with Lower Income Are the Sickest, Most Likely to Struggle to Afford Care

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the globe, new findings from the 2020 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey show that Americans with lower income face more severe health and financial hardships compared to their counterparts in other wealthy countries. … Fielded between February and May 2020, during the […] Read more »

Trump has made Americans’ lives worse. Here’s the proof.

Donald Trump’s America is one sad place. We, as a nation, have fallen into a great depression, though not necessarily an economic one. By one highly respected gauge, self-reported levels of happiness are at their lowest since social scientists began asking such questions half a century ago. Much of this […] Read more »