Sarah Binns
There’s a Reason He’s Not Dwayne “The Paper” Johnson
In a fit of nostalgia, we pitted respondents against a computer in a game that determined which sibling got to hold the remote in the ‘90s: rock, paper, scissors. So, who will be ...
Haberdash-of-Patriotism
Last year, the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University (the full acronym is longer than this article) selected Gradient, along with fellow research ...
TrendSegments: Send a Middle-Finger Shaped Spy Balloon to Russia
A year after Russian president Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, the beleaguered country’s flag still waves from many American doors and businesses in a show of solidarity. But is ...
TrendSegments: To Kill a Gatsby or Catch Him in the Rye in 1984
As the world awaits the award-winning A Novel by ChatGPT (insert wail about the decline of originality), it seems timely to revisit classic books you probably read in high school. ...
Well, U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges, You Had a Good Run
Pop quiz: What’s the biggest problem with the American K-12 education system? If you answered “All of the above,” go to the head of the class and take another standardized test ...
2022: ICYMITE (In Case You Missed It: Trendlines Edition)
What happened in 2022? If you don’t remember (or you’re still screaming into the void), Trendlines can help. The year started with an online craze: Wordle. In February only 13% of ...
TrendSegments: “I’ll Take Geography for $500.” Said No One.
What’s that on the map? It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s Ukraine? Spoiler alert: It’s probably not Ukraine if you’re 73% of Americans trying to find it on a map. In the spirit of ...
You Don't Need to Look to the Night Sky to See the Little Tipper
It’s a debate as long-festering and divisive as Red Sox versus Yankees: To tip, or not to tip, on takeout? You’d think a pandemic where we’ve all relied on minimum-wage-making ...
We’re Sorry, Judge Jackson, We Are (Maybe) for Real
Now that the COVID-19 pandemic is totally receding, the Senate created an unprecedented moment all on its own and confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to ...