In Washington, it's as though the student activists--or maybe the junior faculty--have taken over the administration building. They've occupied the dean's office, seized the university. And they have ...

Americans’ levels of social trust are linked to the emotions they are experiencing during the coronavirus outbreak and their judgments about how different groups are responding to the pandemic, ...

A majority of U.S. adults believe that trust in both the federal government and fellow Americans has been shrinking, according to a poll released Monday, and most say it is important to reverse those ...

New data from the Pew Research Center indicate that trust in others across the United States has declined from earlier decades. The General Social Survey (GSS) has been asking whether “most people can ...

Americans say there has been a decline in public trust in the federal government and in each other, and they believe this erosion of confidence makes it harder to solve some of the nation’s pressing ...

People vary in their propensity to trust. Some assume that others are generally trustworthy and make themselves vulnerable to their counterparts until evidence challenges their assumptions. Others ...

“Don’t trust anyone over 30” is one of the most famous slogans of the 1960s. Jack Weinberg, a free speech activist at the University of California, was 24 years old when he made the statement to a San ...

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen environmental ...

Trusting others may not make you a fool or a Pollyanna, according to a study in the current Social Psychological and Personality Science. Instead it can be a sign that you're smart. Researchers asked ...