Pluralism under Pressure: Assessing the Status of a Core American Value

In this literature scan, ORS Impact and New Pluralists explored the following question: “To what extent does a culture of pluralism exist in the US?” This report provides ORS’s qualitative assessment of the state of pluralism in the US through an assessment of publicly available research on six conditions: belonging, social capital, diversity, geographic segregation, affective polarization, and hate crimes.