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Family Scholars Issue Call to Churches to Confront Spiritual Impact of Family Breakdown on Children
January 16, 2013 10:16 ET | Institute for American Values
New Findings Reveal Children Raised in "Good" Divorces Far Less Likely to Be Religious Attenders, More Disinterested in Religion, Compared to Those Raised in Happy Marriages Future Health of...
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This Valentine's Day, Give Your Wife a Prized Gift: an Attentive Husband
February 02, 2012 16:28 ET | Institute for American Values
NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a report recently released by The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, in partnership with the Center for Marriage and...
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U.S. Thrift Index Reveals Modest Increase in Thrifty Behavior but Overall Thrift Score is Low
January 18, 2012 06:00 ET | Institute for American Values
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Great Recession put millions of American households deep into debt and forced families to reassess their financial lives and goals. In surveys done...
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New York Economists Agree: Casinos are a Bad Bet for the Empire State
January 03, 2012 08:50 ET | Institute for American Values
NEW YORK, Jan. 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Many of New York's economists from the state's leading colleges and universities agree that casino gambling is a bad bet for the Empire State, according to...
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New Report: Cohabitation, Not Divorce, is Now Driving Rising Rates of Family Instability in America
August 16, 2011 08:00 ET | Institute for American Values
Released today by a group of 18 family scholars, Why Marriage Matters powerfully summarizes major new findings from the social sciences on the state of marriage and family life in the U.S. While...
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Government Push to Expand Gambling is a Bad Bet for Americans
August 01, 2011 07:00 ET | Institute for American Values
The new website, www.GetGovernmentOutofGambling.org, launched by the Institute for American Values, sheds light on the numerous—and significant—social ills caused by the partnership of...