New Research: American Trust Crisis Explodes
We need to be able to trust in our institutions in order for them to work.
Kyla Scanlon • How Trump Won, What Happens Next, and How Disconnects Drove Democracy
According to the World Values Survey, in the early eighties, 44 percent of Americans thought their fellow citizens could be trusted most of the time, but that percentage fell to the mid-thirties by 2014. This lack of trust is particularly pronounced among partisans: according to Pew, in 1994, 21 percent of Republicans and 17 percent of Democrats ha... See more
José Marichal • Trust an algorithm, or trust your neighbor?
Lack of trust allowed conspiracy theories to spread,