We’re pleased to introduce PRRI’s Summer 2025 Interns! These sharp and engaged students will support PRRI’s work to conduct and disseminate nonpartisan, independent public opinion research at the intersection of religion, culture, and politics. We’re
As the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) formally declared that churches and other houses of worship may endorse political candidates to their congregations without violating the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 law prohibiting tax-exempt organizations from engaging
The PRRI Public Fellows Program is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 cohort! The PRRI Public Fellows program seeks a diverse cohort of 12 scholars working across four key areas of PRRI’s research: Racial justice
Landon Schnabel, Ph.D., (he/they) is a is a 2024-2025 PRRI Public Fellow and the Rosenthal Assistant Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. Most Americans now support same-sex marriage, reflecting a major cultural change over the
While both prayer and scripture reading have declined among Americans over the past decade, they remain central expressions of religious engagement among many Americans. Prayer continues to be practiced at higher rates than scripture reading,
Joanna Wuest, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University and a 2024-2025 PRRI Public Fellow. Since November 2024, there has been much political discussion about whether liberals
On Saturday, June 14, 2025, Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot in their home, following the earlier shooting and wounding of Minnesota state Senator John Hoffman and his wife at their residence.
Dr. Michael R. Fisher Jr. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Ohio State University and a 2024-2025 PRRI Public Fellow. PRRI’s 2024 Religion and Authoritarianism Survey shows
