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Pursuit of Happiness
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March 18, 2024
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The Rise of Latino America

In The Rise of Latino America, Hernandez & Kotkin argue that Latinos, who are projected to become America’s largest ethnic group, are a dynamic force shaping the nation’s demographic, economic, and cultural future. Far from being a marginalized group defined by oppression, Latinos are integral to America’s story. They drive economic growth, cultural evolution, and workforce vitality. Challenges, however, including poverty, educational disparities, and restrictive policies, threaten their upward mobility. Policymakers who wish to harness Latino potential to ensure national prosperity and resilience should adopt policies that prioritize affordability, safety, and economic opportunity over ideological constraints.

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Revival: Americans Heading Back to the Hinterlands

Smaller communities throughout the country are poised to play an outsize role in forging our future.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox
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How to Save Our Urban Centers

What will the future of American cities look like?

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National Poll from Civitas Institute: Americans Concerned About AI, Economic Issues

The Civitas Institute Poll, conducted from March 11-20, 2025, asked 1,200 Americans an array of questions about how things are going in the country.

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Richard Epstein on Roman Law and Sociobiology

How and why Roman law worked, how it eventually fell apart, and sociobiology as a way to explain the foundations and limits of legal norms.

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Pursuit of Happiness
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Silicon Valley is pivoting away from Trump

As the dominant economic and social force of our time, a handful of Silicon Valley-based companies shape our politics more than we’d like to admit.

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Pursuit of Happiness
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The Campus Civility Collapse

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Exodus: Affordability Crisis Sends Americans Packing From Big Cities

The first in a two-part series about the Great Dispersion of Americans across the country.

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Peter Robinson Unbridled - A Civitas Institute Podcast

Peter Robinson Unbridled

A new show and podcast bringing the energy of Austin to wide-ranging conversations on politics, economics, education, and culture.

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Jeff Rosen on What “The Pursuit of Happiness” Meant to America's Founders

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Becoming All-American

Blue Moon takes place on the evening of March 31, 1943, the opening night of Oklahoma!

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In Defense of Israel’s Legitimacy

Pierre Manent reflects on Alain Finkielkraut’s luminosity of soul and his admirable contribution to contemporary intellectual life.

Pierre Manent, Daniel J. Mahoney
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 5, 2026
The Original Sin of U.S. Health Care

As long as most Americans receive health insurance as an invisible, employer-managed fringe benefit, health care will remain expensive, opaque, and unresponsive. 

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Mar 4, 2026
The False Equivalence of Multicultural Day

Parents have an affirmative obligation to reinforce patriotic values and counter the narratives that are taught in school.

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