American Communities Project

Rising gas prices are not hitting everyone and everywhere the same way. The American Communities Project talked to contacts around the country to hear their stories. americancommunities.org/how-high-gas-p…

How do we navigate a country this is simultaneously increasing homogenous (at the local level) and increasingly diverse (at the national level)? americancommunities.org/diverse-yet-ho…

Unemployment is up and the labor force is down in a different kinds of communities across the country. - Unemployment Woes Spreading Across Urban and Rural America. What It Could Mean for 2026 Elections americancommunities.org/unemployment-w…

As decision day draws closer for college-bound students, a look at Americans' views on college value, diversity programs, and AI: americancommunities.org/tailgate-talk-…

In this month's @AmCommPro Newsletter. LA a year later, polite polarization in an LDS community, where manufacturing is not coming back and measuring economic distress at the community level. mailchi.mp/92397bca47a5/a…

Diverse, Yet Homogenous: Self-Sorting in Today’s America open.substack.com/pub/amcommpro/…

The Quiet Divide: Unpacking ‘Polite Polarization’ in America’s LDS Enclaves open.substack.com/pub/amcommpro/…

Polling shows big concerns about rising political extremism in Mormon communities. The @amcommpro went to report on the why in Utah County, Utah. americancommunities.org/the-quiet-divi…

Bringing back manufacturing jobs was a critical promise of Trump's 2024 campaign. So far they haven't returned. That could have big impacts for 2026 especially in Great Lakes states such as Michigan in the blue-collar suburbs. americancommunities.org/manufacturing-…

For more than a decade, Texas has been one of the biggest swing-state mirages in partisan politics. Will 2026 be different? The data from the primaries say maybe. americancommunities.org/what-the-texas…

This month's @AmCommPro newsletter. What unites Americans? How many Americans actually know a journalist? Why have Trump's approval numbers dropped? mailchi.mp/fe80e627ce52/w…

The 60 Percent Country — And Why Neither Party Can Reach It open.substack.com/pub/chucktodd/…

Looking for something that unites a divided country? Anti-establishment populism. americancommunities.org/despite-nation…

As Journalists Are in the Crosshairs, What Do People Know About Who They Are and What They Do? americancommunities.org/as-journalists…

In this month's @amcommpro newsletter. Attitudes on race and immigration, rising unemployment and a key US House race in Michigan. mailchi.mp/e8dcd8356d51/v…

As February approaches, a look at how different communities view race and racism. americancommunities.org/how-views-on-r…

How people feel about citizenship for long-term undocumented immigrants. americancommunities.org/surprising-con…

Americans may be divided on how to handle some parts of immigration, but there is surprising consistency on a path to citizenship for long-term immigrants in all sorts of communities americancommunities.org/surprising-con… pic.twitter.com/KEtG0TbwZa

Across the nation how Americans feel about inflation, gun and religion and what they know of the first year of the second Trump admin. mailchi.mp/daee7b8e400d/t…

More Gen-Zers are abstaining from alcohol, as this new article shows: usatoday.com/story/life/hea… .@amcommpro looked at drinking habits by geography in January 2025: americancommunities.org/during-dry-jan…