The Covid-19 pandemic hammered the U.S. economy, taking jobs away across the board, but some workers have faced a harder path — and women have faced some special challenges. A lot of the jobs that were lost in the service sector, in businesses like restaurants and hotels, were held by […] Read more »
In explaining the rise of populism, it’s not economic anxiety vs. identity politics – it’s both
Deindustrialization has decimated the blue-collar workforce in the US. … Our research examines the effects of deindustrialization on electoral politics. Specifically, we explore how deindustrialization affected voting in three US presidential elections (2008-2016), using county-level data which captures localized manufacturing job losses. Our argument is that responses to what we […] Read more »
Support for Vaccination Proof Varies by Activity
COVID-19 vaccinations continue to climb in the U.S., but significant vaccine hesitancy persists. Majorities of Americans support businesses requiring people to show proof of vaccination in order to participate in some public activities, but not others. … Republicans and Democrats have opposing views on requiring proof of vaccination in various […] Read more »
Why Trump Still Has Millions of Americans in His Grip
Beginning in the mid-1960s, the priorities of the Democratic Party began to shift away from white working- and middle-class voters — many of them socially conservative, Christian and religiously observant — to a set of emerging constituencies seeking rights and privileges previously reserved for white men: African-Americans; women’s rights activists; […] Read more »
Return-to-office fears: Remote workers worry about falling behind in careers
Last March, as concerns about the coronavirus came into focus, office workers hastily left their cubicles for an indeterminate amount of time and left behind notebooks, computer monitors, desk plants, and mugs of half-drunk coffee. … The latest CNBC|SurveyMonkey Workforce Survey reveals one key factor pulling workers back to the […] Read more »
Most Americans want to keep working remotely or at home as part of work schedule
After a year of lockdowns that left many working Americans working from home or remotely, a large proportion of the U.S. workforce may not be eager to start working outside the home as restrictions ease across the country. Twenty-six percent of Americans who are employed either full or part time […] Read more »