Culture

Supporting Community — a Way of Life Across America

by Ari Pinkus
Culture

Understanding Gun Violence and Views by Community

by Ari Pinkus
Politics

In Ohio Election, Votes on Abortion and Marijuana Initiatives Show Shifting Fault Lines

by Dante Chinni
Culture

In Graying Southern Appalachia, Rapid Cultural Change Creates Unease

by Grant Lichtman
Media

How Top Issues Compare to Cable News Viewership

by Dante Chinni

The American Communities

The American Communities Project uses data and reporting to study the cultural, socioeconomic and political changes that are remaking the country at the local level using 15 types of counties.

Explore The American Communities

Storybank

Culture

Listening to the Nation: Online Survey Results

by American Communities Project

Culture

Livingston County, Michigan: Portrait of an Exurb

by Kate Townley

Politics

For 2024 Campaign, MSU Students Report on Perspectives and Issues in Diverse Michigan Counties

by American Communities Project

Culture

In Working Class Country Michigan, Women Embrace Archery and Gun Culture

by Audra Skuodaite
View All

Recommended Reading

The Washington Post

Home schooling’s rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education

by Peter Jamison, Laura Meckler, Prayag Gordy, Clara Ence Morse, and Chris Alcantara October 31, 2023
The New York Times

Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department.

by Sarah Mervosh October 10, 2023
The New Republic

We Are Not Just Polarized. We Are Traumatized.

by Ana Marie Cox September 14, 2023
The Washington Post

American democracy is cracking. These forces help explain why.

by Dan Balz and Clara Ence Morse August 18, 2023
Vol. 3 2020-2021

Deaths of Despair Across America

The American Communities Project is undertaking a 30-month study of Deaths of Despair in its 15 community types.

Learn More