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Michael Smerconish joins the podcast to discuss the record-low confidence Americans have in U.S. institutions. Is distrust an American norm?

A record-low 21% of Americans express a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in television news. Confidence among liberals and moderates has fallen significantly and is now similar to that of conservatives.

A Gallup study of U.S. growth and productivity finds no economic recovery. The Great Recession may be over, but America is running on empty.

Americans continue to express near-record-low confidence in newspapers and television news -- with no more than 25% of Americans saying they have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in either.

Change is coming one way or another to American universities. They have to decide whether they want to lead the change or become the next victims of disruption.

As the world marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, Gallup is releasing its latest data about the environmental movement.

For the second year in a row, fewer than four in 10 Americans express confidence in organized religion, the historical low points in Gallup's 46-year trend.

A steady 40% of Americans say they have "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of trust in the mass media when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately and fairly.

Aside from the presidency, the U.S. societal institutions sparking the most divergent reactions from Republicans and Democrats are big business, organized labor, and the police. Both groups have lost confidence in public schools.

Americans' confidence in major institutions edged up in 2017 after dropping to record lows in previous years. Republicans' increased confidence is behind most of the overall rise.