BY JEFFREY LEWIS AND JUSTIN WALLIN A country can grow richer and still render itself asunder. When families struggle to afford the basics, workers fear being replaced by AI and politics rewards contempt, the American promise starts to wear thin. My good friend Jeffrey Lewis and I examine the choice before us: keep retreating into rival camps, or rebuild a society grounded in opportunity, responsibility and trust. It’s a choice we make every day - in our workplaces, our communities and our...

One of the privileges of being an opinion researcher is getting to watch history unfold - not just through headlines, but through the public’s own words. As America celebrates its 250th birthday this Fourth of July, I found myself looking back through decades of public opinion research. One conclusion stood out. Americans still love their country. They simply no longer agree on what America is. That is not the same thing as saying America has never been divided. It has. The country has been...