Paul Taylor

We look at some of the data about how different generations have shaped their values and take calls from people to find common ground.

America is undergoing a major demographic overhaul. Major generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, our religious affiliation, and our technology use. Paul Taylor presents a portrait of where we are as a nation and where we’re headed—toward a future marked by the most striking social, racial, and economic shifts the country has seen in a century. His book The Next America draws on the Pew Research Center’s extensive archive of public opinion surveys and demographic data.

In the latest installment of this week's series on marriage, Paul Taylor, executive vice president of Pew Research Center, talks about what we can learn about the state of marriage by looking at who gets hitched, particularly when it comes to money and class.

 

Fifteen percent of new marriages are between spouses of different races--and 8.4% of all marriages in the United States are between people of different races. That's an all-time high. Paul Taylor, executive vice president of Pew Research Center, director of Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends project, and editor of the new report on interracial marriage in the United States, discusses the trend.

Listeners: Are you in an interracial marriage? Did anyone give you grief about it? Comment here!

Paul Taylor, executive vice president at the Pew Polling Center, discusses a recent Pew poll which shows that Americans see an increased conflict between rich and poor.

The Paul Taylor Dance Company sets the global standard for contemporary dance. Since the company's founding in 1954, Paul Taylor has choreographed 129 dances, many of which have attained iconic status, and he continues to create two new works a year for his 16-member Company. He discusses the Company's three-week ...

A new study shows that almost half of Americans - whether they live in cities, suburbs, or rural areas - would rather live somewhere else. Paul Taylor of the Pew Research Center discusses the findings. Where would you rather live? And why? Comment below!

Can your outrageous stunt get the media to give attention to your cause? On the Media tells you how.

Why the public hates the media (and can't get enough of it).