More than 30 years ago, sociologist James Davison Hunter coined the term "culture wars." Since then, those wars have poisoned American politics. James Davison Hunter, professor of religion, culture ...

American political culture is broken. Acts of political violence, like the recent killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and its aftermath, are disturbing indicators of how fractured and ...

Vice President Kamala Harris‘s recent decision to forgo the traditional Naval Observatory welcome for her successor JD Vance signals a profound shift in how Black women leaders engage with political ...

America’s culture has been shaped by pivotal events across politics, music, technology, and social movements, with transformative moments in every generation redefining how Americans understand ...

On April 23, AEI hosted a collaborative event with the Chautauqua Institution and the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia to discuss American civic culture as it affects our ...

Members of moral, political, and religious traditions share basic assumptions, fundamental principles, and central convictions about their associations and institutions. Since human beings are ...

Even by the standards of American “political culture,” Thursday night’s presidential debate between US President Joseph Biden and former President Donald Trump was a spectacle of degradation, reaction ...

As American democracy faces significant challenges, people must work together to help set healthy political norms and reject a culture that allows political violence to flourish. Over the past decade, ...

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our national traits, trends, history and people. This time, test your knowledge of tourist tradeoffs, political personalities and more.