It's a harmful myth that nonreligious people don't believe in anything. Researchers have shown that secular Americans have distinct beliefs about science and how to know the world, as well as what happens when we die. Secular people also have distinc...

The 2025 elections are over, with big wins for Democratic candidates in the two governorships in play, as well as the New York City mayoral race. In this piece, I will gather my thoughts on how secular voters performed, based on the exit polls and my...

I want to continue with the discussion of the American Values Survey by PRRI. Last week, I mentioned that secular people are heavily invested in opposing Trump and his administration. On every question where a majority of the public disagrees with an...

Earlier this week, PRRI released the latest American Values Survey. While the survey contains a lot of information, I want to focus on five specific items that demonstrate how the secular population in the United States is essentially the heart of th...

For the past few weeks, we’ve been focusing on Latinos who identify as secular or non-religious. This post focuses on five changes in the secular Latino population between 2007 and 2024, the time between the first Pew Landscape Survey and the latest...