PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization conducting research at the intersection of religion, values, and public life. www.prri.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mtm7v76ci22bIn today's Morning Buzz newsletter: Gen Z's growing political gender gap, a church surveillance case tests ICE's limits, alarm over Trump touting an unusual noncitizen voting report, and a Freethought Caucus founder on the danger of Christian nationalism 🧵 https://prri.substack.com/p/split-up-gen-z-is-the-generation21 Aug 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm7v76ci22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mtjiskbycc2iJust one in four Americans (24%) favor allowing ICE officers to regularly conduct surveillance and arrests at sensitive locations like schools, hospitals, places of worship, and social service locations, compared with most Americans who oppose it (72%). https://www.cbsnews.com/news/appeals-court-blocks-immigration-arrests-houses-worship/20 Aug 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjiskbycc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mtf2d3tf2s2gOver the past year, PRRI Public Fellows conducted original, collaborative research projects on timely questions at the intersection of religion, culture, and politics. Each project reflects months of information gathering and analysis, turning their findings into new insights. Explore their work: https://prri.substack.com/p/original-research-new-insights-from?r=55igcc&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web18 Aug 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf2d3tf2s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mtbr2eqlgs2pPublishers Weekly says of BACKSLIDE: “Bracing― @robertpjones.bsky.social presents a vision of America as 'fallen into... apostasy.' But he remains hopeful, noting that 'backsliding is not irreversible,' as 'repentance is possible... with confession.' It’s a potent reckoning.” Preorder now. https://static.macmillan.com/static/essentials/backslide-9781250431134/17 Aug 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbr2eqlgs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mt2l2c5rkk25@melissadeckman.bsky.social explains, "I think there might be some legitimate cases where we see an uptick in individual churches where more young people are coming to join or attending services regularly … but I would caution against looking at anecdotes as being the same as general trends.” https://time.com/article/2026/08/14/religion-gen-z-revival-christianity/14 Aug 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2l2c5rkk25https://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3msyfiwtc5c25Six in ten Americans believe the cuts in federal funding for healthcare programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act have gone too far (60%). The Trump administration has finalized plans to cut off federal Medicaid funding for medical care for transgender youths. https://www.axios.com/2026/08/11/trump-medicaid-youth-transgender-health-care13 Aug 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyfiwtc5c25https://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3msvux7ynk22aA slim majority of Americans (52%) agree that the deployment of the National Guard to patrol American cities may cause more violence than it prevents, while 44% disagree — both Democrats (80%) and independents (60%) are more likely to agree than Republicans (23%). https://abcnews.com/Politics/year-trumps-unprecedented-deployment-national-guard-entrenched-dc/story?id=13545839212 Aug 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvux7ynk22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3msqrablhr22hThree in ten Americans (32%) qualify as Christian nationalism supporters, a percentage that rises to 38% of Texans, including 56% of Texas Republicans. NPR examines how faith has become a key aspect of Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico’s campaign. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-5888593/faith-is-a-centerpiece-of-texas-senate-candidate-james-talaricos-campaign10 Aug 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqrablhr22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3msiw4dauck2iTwo-thirds of Americans (67%) favor the “U.S. Constitution’s existing guarantee that all children who are born in the United States are automatically granted U.S. citizenship, regardless of their parents’ citizenship status,” while 29% oppose. https://apnews.com/article/trump-border-immigration-birthright-citizenship-494add8239eb1c0c9f4ccb45db03f1f0?user_email=481ff0fdfa99c340e5125ba88efbddc61c91dfad85be46962ccd2c04fa15804c&utm_medium=Morning_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire%20Friday%2C%20Aug%207%2C%202026&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers07 Aug 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiw4dauck2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mseax2smrs2rA growing number of white Christian ministers are running for office as Democrats, as the party seeks to break the GOP's hold on white Christian voters. PRRI finds that 68% of Republicans are white Christians, vs. just 23% of Democrats. Read more: https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/inside-the-democrats-push-to-win-back-religious-voters-7fcaadd0?st=y1EvWA&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink05 Aug 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseax2smrs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3msbo5hitmc2eThere are just a few weeks until @robertpjones.bsky.social's next book, Backslide: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation After the Christian Turn Against Democracy, is published. Listen to a preview from the opening chapter, "Future Regret," read by Holter Graham: https://soundcloud.com/macaudio-2/backslide-audiobook-clip?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing04 Aug 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbo5hitmc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3ms7bft55o22cIn a new Spotlight Analysis, PRRI Public Fellows explore how progressive Black Protestant clergy respond to nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people in the Black church, to better understand the diversity of Black American religious life, social worlds, and theological commitments. Read more: https://prri.org/spotlight/black-protestant-clergy-responses-to-lgbtq-nondiscrimination-protections/03 Aug 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7bft55o22chttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mrxjrbk67c22Around 50% of Michiganders are white Christians, 25% are religiously unaffiliated, less than two in ten are Christians of color, and 7% are non-Christian, including 2% who are Muslim. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed held an interfaith roundtable ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic Primary in Michigan. https://apnews.com/article/progressive-democrats-economy-faith-6f4819c30689f3e497110ba4e04702a331 Jul 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxjrbk67c22https://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mrv5sxbhg22zPRRI data shows that in 2021, about four in ten Americans (39%) agreed that the virus was developed intentionally by scientists in a lab. In a Senate committee hearing on his handling of COVID-19, Republicans accused Dr. Fauci of helping produce the pandemic by funding research on virus mutations. https://apnews.com/article/fauci-covid19-pandemic-senate-rand-paul-a774a79e46824ebec9e8e270b9cb982530 Jul 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrv5sxbhg22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mrsitquv522bIn a new Spotlight Analysis, PRRI Public Fellow @profince.bsky.social examines Americans' attitudes toward protest, from views on speaking out against unfair government treatment to reactions to President Trump's pardons for Jan. 6 defendants. Read more: https://prri.org/spotlight/views-of-protesting-the-government-during-president-trumps-tenure/29 Jul 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsitquv522bhttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mrndhya7kc2gPRRI President and Founder @robertpjones.bsky.social and @joyannreid.bsky.social discuss the implications of speeches given by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House advisor Stephen Miller at a recent counter-terrorism conference. Watch now: https://www.redeemingdemocracy.net/p/steven-millers-chilling-nazi-speech27 Jul 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrndhya7kc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mrauzncoy22iOn @aljazeera.com, PRRI CEO @melissadeckman.bsky.social explains that as Texas moves to make Bible study part of every public school's curriculum, PRRI data show that "over the past two decades, the number of Americans who identify as religiously unaffiliated has doubled." Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/UC-TFAvzeic?si=oYLWYiC_6_mxbxrt22 Jul 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrauzncoy22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mr3xun4n5s2l65% of Americans support granting asylum to Haitian families, revealing a significant disconnect between the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows the removal of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants and general public sentiment. Read more in a new Spotlight Analysis: https://prri.org/spotlight/americans-humanitarian-views-on-haitian-migrants/20 Jul 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3xun4n5s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mquesjpbas2oIn a new Spotlight Analysis, @drlmmurillo.bsky.social writes about the anti-immigrant rhetoric that the Trump administration is using to frame its argument for more restrictive voting laws, noting that these negative views are not shared by most Americans. Read more: https://prri.org/spotlight/the-save-act-birthright-citizenship-and-replacement-theory-the-gap-between-rhetoric-and-reality/17 Jul 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquesjpbas2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mqrzcxj2o22oThe 2026 PRRI American Identity Survey finds that two-thirds of Americans hold unfavorable views of Trump’s handling of the war in Iran (66%), compared with 29% of Americans who hold favorable views. Today, the United States conducted a sixth straight day of military strikes on Iran. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lq1ed28jxo16 Jul 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrzcxj2o22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mqp6px7r6c2iThe majority of Americans (57%) agree that the surge of ICE officers in places like Minnesota is making communities less safe. Trump is pushing back against a DHS decision to temporarily pause vehicle stops made by ICE, following two ICE-involved shootings this month. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/15/trump-blasts-dhs-decision-to-pause-immigration-traffic-stops-0099851015 Jul 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp6px7r6c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mqk57uwkxk2sToday's Morning Buzz Newsletter digs into the cyclosporiasis outbreak, Lindsey Graham's foreign policy stance, CAIR's fight for trust after Texas's terrorist designation, and @robertpjones.bsky.social's sneak preview of his forthcoming book "Backslide." More ➡️ https://prri.substack.com/p/cases-rise-as-parasite-outbreak-hits13 Jul 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk57uwkxk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mqcmyseqlk26@melissadeckman.bsky.social suggests that some churches’ continued emphasis on “patriarchal religious traditions” and “more traditional gender roles” helps explain Gen Z trends, noting, “I think that kind of perception of American religion has really been off-putting to a lot of young women today.” https://time.com/article/2026/07/09/religion-gender-gap-gen-z-young-men-women/10 Jul 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcmyseqlk26https://bsky.app/profile/prri.org/post/3mqcj3iovkc26Congratulations to PRRI Board Chair @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social on this achievement! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:hmrg3ylecoiy4kxt5qei35km/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcj3iovkc26