Big News!
The Middle America Project launched a weekly newsletter! Offering a fresh analysis on Wednesday evenings covering the latest in news, policy, and how we all talk about it.
Our first issue: The Middle America Monitor: Bloomberg vs. Fox, Privacy During a Pandemic, […]
Media Consumption during COVID-19
Social distancing and stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19 have led to a spike in media consumption.
Check out our graphics to learn more about the differences in how boomers and millennials are interacting with media during the pandemic.
COVID-19’s Impact on Trade
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global upheaval of epic proportions across every sector of the economy. Aside from health care, perhaps no part of our interconnected world has been impacted as much as international trade.
Recently, the World Trade […]
COVID’s Catch-22 for the Media Industry
COVID-19 has halted much of the world’s normal operations and changed our daily lives. As more and more people are off the streets and hunkering down in their homes, media outlets are seeing a historic rise in readership. Now media, […]
Misinformation Amidst a Pandemic: Here’s what Social Media Giants are Doing to Take Control
We live in a world where misinformation is rampant online and often hard to detect. So, when a global health crisis explodes and hundreds of millions across the globe are in isolation with nothing but the internet as their source […]
Facing Facts: The 2020 Democratic Primary Amidst a Pandemic
Get up to speed with our handy guide on the current state of the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary in the midst of a global pandemic.
Get Smart on Series: A Bad Deal at the Counter: When Free isn’t Free
If you suddenly find yourself paying more out of pocket for your prescriptions, you’re not alone. Millions of patients across the country are being surprised by costs at the counter, and it’s likely due to a little-known policy insurance companies […]
Alexa, What’s a TikTok?
If 10 years ago, you heard the phrase “TikTok,” you might have first thought of the sound a clock makes, or even Ke$ha’s chart-topping ode to partying. While the song may be now considered a classic, TikTok is now THE […]