Institutions

🏛 Civic Life ← Back to All Articles For most of the last decade, the story told about American civic […]

🔒 Crime & Safety ← Back to All Articles Within ten years of release from state prison, 82% of formerly

🏛 Civic Life ← Back to All Articles Two-thirds of Americans would fail the civics test required to become a

🏥 Health ← Back to All Articles In the spring of 2025, three out of four Americans said they trusted

📰 Institutions ← Back to All Articles Just 56 percent of American adults now say they trust national news organizations

📰 Institutions ← Back to All Articles America has lost more than a third of its newspapers since 2005 —

🏛 Civic Life ← Back to All Articles The April 2026 Moral Decay Index score of 62.5 out of 100

📱 Culture & Media ← Back to All Articles Only 14% of Americans have a “great deal” or “quite a

🏛 Civic Life ← Back to All Articles One in five American employees reports feeling pressured to compromise their ethical

⚖️ Institutional Decay Abuse of Power: How Donald Trump Became the Most Legally Challenged President in American History The Moral

🏛 Civic Life ← Back to All Articles Self-governance requires engaged citizens — people who show up, pay attention, participate,

🏛 Civic Life ← Back to All Articles A society’s ethical health is partly measured by what its members will

🏛️ Institutions Leadership Integrity and the Erosion of Public Trust in America The Moral Decay Index · April 1, 2026

🏛 Civic Life ← Back to All Articles The United States national debt has surpassed $36 trillion. Interest payments now

Trust is the first currency of leadership. And right now, America is running low on it. Pew Research reported in

💑 Marriage & Family ← Back to All Articles In 2025, approximately 18.6 million American children live in single-parent households

🏛️ Institutions The Dehumanization of Political Opponents: How Public Discourse Became a War The Moral Decay Index · February 26,