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Apprenticeships Can Kickstart Careers

Nine in 10 Americans who either were apprentices themselves or know someone enrolled in these "earn while learning" programs say the experiences had a positive effect on that person's career, accordin

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How Seriously Should Parents Take Kids’ Opinions When Searching For a Home?

By Danielle Braff | Chicago Tribune | In choosing a new home, Camille McClain’s kids had a single demand: a backyard. That seemingly reasonable request turned the Chicago family’s home hunt

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WNYC’s ‘The Eights’ Series Finale Uncovers Forces Dividing Americans in 2018

Since May, WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show teamed up with The Harris Poll on a series called "The Eights", which offers a brief history of America's culture wars since 1948. Today's series finale discus Since May, WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show teamed up with The Harris Poll on a series called "The Eights", which offers a brief history of America's culture wars since 1948. Today's series finale discussed the results of a new Harris Poll survey conducted with The Brian Lehrer Show that uncovers issues dividing Americans in 2018 such as immigration and diversity.

On the topic of immigration, the poll found that 60% of white Americans said reducing the number of immigrants and refugees will have a positive impact on our country, while 15% of Hispanics say it will have a negative effect; African Americans, however, were evenly split on the subject.

Today's findings reflect old sentiments. "When we go back at Harris to look at this historically, we see many of the same things arising in the 70s and in the 80s," said Harris Poll executive editor, Michael D'Antonio. "Americans were really ambivalent and actually negative on allowing refugees from Vietnam from coming in the 70s and majority thought Jimmy Carter handled the Cuban immigration crisis poorly."

Also on the show, MSNBC contributor/analyst Charlie Sykes emphasized the importance of thought leadership. Historically, faith and political leaders made the case for immigration, he explained. "Presidents didn't demonize immigrants," he said, alluding to comments from the Trump presidency describing immigrants as rapists and animals. Even social conservative leaders like Ronald Reagan were known for their open-borders stance when it came to immigration. Over time, Sykes said, two different kinds of right-wingers have emerged: the nativist right known for their blood-and-soil rhetoric and the more aspirational perspective as embodied by the likes of Reagan.

When it came to how alienated Americans feel, the study found that people feel less alienated the closer they get to home. When people were asked about whether individuals running the country cared about what happened to them, 78% agreed; but when they were asked if they felt left out of things going on around them, only 46% agreed.

Another divisive issue was social justice movements as 47% of people said more social justice movements would have a negative impact on the country.

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New Harris Poll Survey in Partnership with WNYC Reveals What Unites Americans in 2018

For the past seven weeks, WNYC's daily call-in program, The Brian Lehrer Show, has partnered with The Harris Poll on a new series called "The Eights", which seeks to understand how America arrived at For the past seven weeks, WNYC's daily call-in program, The Brian Lehrer Show, has partnered with The Harris Poll on a new series called "The Eights", which seeks to understand how America arrived at its current highly polarized state by dissecting the country's culture wars in years ending in 8: 1948, 1958, 1968, 1978, 1988, 1998, 2008. In 2018, we continue the trail with a new Harris Poll survey for WNYC that reveals what elements unite and divide Americans, and why.

The findings of the new survey were disclosed at a live taping of the show with The Harris Poll's executive editor, Michael D'Antonio, and Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University. According to the poll, current factors that largely unite Americans include: making healthcare more affordable, being open to alternative viewpoints, being involved in local community, having more things for sale that are made in America, less discrimination based on people's beliefs or identities, women having more power in society and more power and respect for African Americans (70% of whites said they would feel more included if African Americans had more power).

However, when Americans were asked if social justice movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo would have a positive or negative impact on society, 70% of African Americans said the movements were having a positive impact, but only 47% of whites agreed. Furthermore, half of white Americans (50%) said the movements were doing more harm than good.

D'Antonio explained that some views indicate aspirational notions as people are often hesitant about disclosing their biases to pollsters; similar sentiments about social justice campaigns were echoed during the civil rights movements of the 60s. In theory, Americans seem to like these aspirational values and desire conversations, but in practice (as we see with The Harris Poll's GLAAD study on LGBTQ acceptance in America) there is a disconnect; they don't follow up on those things they claim they value.

Additionally, almost every year since 1966, The Harris Poll has conducted the alienation index to determine how alienated Americans feel from the country's leadership. By asking Americans, among other things, if they feel people running the country don't care about them and the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer, we try to discern people's sense of agency and their wellbeing to estimate how alienated they feel. The country's alienation index was 29 when it started in 1966 and it has risen steadily ever since. It reached a record-high of 70 in 2014 and 2016, during the Obama years and dropped by three points in the first year of Donald Trump's presidency. As Antonio pointed out, people sense of alienation are largely influenced by who is in power.

Greer added that the the U.S is still a country that has four pillars: capitalism, anti-black racism, white supremacy and patriarchy. "For white Americans equity equals discrimination," she said.

The history of post-World War II America is a history of a cycle of social progress and backlash. Former president Barack Obama put it aptly in his 2016 commencement address at Rutgers University:

"...America’s progress has never been smooth or steady. Progress doesn’t travel in a straight line. It zigs and zags in fits and starts. Progress in America has been hard and contentious, and sometimes bloody. It remains uneven and at times, for every two steps forward, it feels like we take one step back."

Tune in to The Brian Lehrer Show airing today from 10am-noon on WNYC 93.9 FM, AM 820 and wnyc.org to hear the last episode of "The Eights" which will explore what elements divide the country and why Americans are stuck in their political tribes.

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Gender Equality and Female Leadership Take Center Stage At Cannes Lions Festival

In the era of #MeToo and the renewed calls for women's rights, it was no surprise that raising visibility for female leadership was spotlighted at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity In the era of #MeToo and the renewed calls for women's rights, it was no surprise that raising visibility for female leadership was spotlighted at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on Monday, June 18. The theme was featured in a session titled: “The New Small Forces Impacting Women, Female Entrepreneurship and Gender Equality.” Organized by the Shelley Zalis of The Female Quotient and Girls Lounge collective, the panel unveiled relevant research from The Harris Poll's CEO, John Gerzema, and MicroTrends Squared, a book by Stagwell's founder Mark Penn.

In conversation with Axios co-founder Mike Allen, Zalis and Gerzema, Penn explored micro-trends from his book that are affecting working women today. One of these small forces is "Second-Fiddle Husbands," which reveals a microtrend of men who by choice or circumstance are not the primary bread winners in the family. As more American women enter the workforce, the traditional notion of the man as the breadwinner is fading. A Harris Poll-TFQ survey reports that 42% of women are the family breadwinners. Attitudes toward parenting and work are reflecting a more egalitarian outlook towards child care and career. Consequently, there is growing comfort with the idea of women as breadwinners, and it is especially prevalent among millennial men.

The trend can be beneficial to both men and women. While men learn not be solely defined by their jobs, women receive the marital support they need to attain self-actualization, thrive and even lead in the workplace. This is a plus for society at large, especially aspiring female leaders. Research from the Harris Poll and The Female Quotient found that visibility of female leaders is critical to empowering other women to lead. 81% of women say when they see women in leadership positions, they're encouraged to believe that they can also have a leadership position.

Beyond the changing family dynamics, the panel discussed workplace harassment, rewriting the rules of the workplace, the role of HR in creating healthy work environments where all workers can succeed, the rise of the American side hustle, and the age-old question: Can women really have it all? Harris Poll CEO, Gerzema, pointed out that 92% of Americans say drastic changes need to be made to create equality, the most important changes falling on HR include tackling gender norms, harassment training and taking a stance.

On rewriting workplace rules, Zalis added: “HR departments and leaders are not set up to succeed. Even just the name needs to change. We should evolve to a Chief Diversity Officer or Chief Belonging Officer.”

Over 9 in 10 Americans are calling for drastic changes in human resources, demanding a true commitment from these departments to create gender equality in the workplace.

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How Seriously Should Parents Take Kids’ Opinions When Searching For a Home?

WNYC’s ‘The Eights’ Series Finale Uncovers Forces Dividing Americans in 2018

New Harris Poll Survey in Partnership with WNYC Reveals What Unites Americans in 2018

Gender Equality and Female Leadership Take Center Stage At Cannes Lions Festival

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