The General Social Survey shows Americans are the least happy in the 2020s  since the survey's inception in 1972. Why? 

Sources: 

• Economist 2020 Findings - by Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune 

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Gallup highlights global trends across the 2020s in employee engagement, manager engagement, and job market perceptions. 

Sources: 

• 2026 State of the Global Workplace Report - Gallup 

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In the US since 2020, people have been moving. Where and why?

Sources: 

• Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies - Post-Pandemic Migration Has Reshaped Rural Population Change
• Venture Capitalist - US Population Growth by State (2020-2025) 
• Realtor.com - New Map Shows Extent of Post-Pandemic Wealth Migration - With Billions Flowing Into Florida 

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Allow me to reintroduce myself as we kick off the fourth season of 2020 Did It to Me. In this episode, explore public trust in the government in the 2020s. 

Sources: 

• Pew Research Center - Public Trust in Government 
• 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer

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In this episode, we’re taking a look at alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. and how it’s changed since 2020. 

Sources: 

• Research Article - Alcohol-Induced Deaths in the US - Wong, Böttcher, Chou, D’Orsogna 
• Gallup’s Latest Findings on US Drinking Rate 
• NIAAA - Alcohol Use in the US 

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All anyone seems to be talking about lately is AI. The 2020s have been a revolutionary period for AI, changing the way we work and navigate life, and it will continue to change things moving forward. 

Sources

• Tableau - AI History
• Open AI - Economic Analysis 
• Business Wire - AI Growth 
• Stanford - 2025 AI Index Report 
• Pew Research - AI Usage in US
• Entrepreneur - IBM 
• Microsoft - AI in Education 
• World Economic Forum - AI Environmental Impacts

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I’ve heard a few mentions of declining crime rates in the US since 2020. Naturally, I had to explore. Here's what I learned. 

 Sources: 

• Pew Research Article by John Gramlich 
• Brookings 2020 Homicide Spike Article by Rohit Acharya and Rhett Morris

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Here are three key points from the 2025 World Happiness report that help shed light on how we’re different on the other side of 2020. 

Source: 

• 2025 World Happiness Report 

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The mental health crisis in youth across the world is still a major issue in the 2020s, and the pandemic didn’t help. 

Sources:

• The Book - The Anxious Generation 
• The Evidence - The Anxious Generation 
• Notes and Figures PDF - The Anxious Generation 
• Four New Norms - The Anxious Generation 
• Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness - After Babel 
• Social Media and Mental Health: A Collaborative Review - Jonathan Haidt, Jean Twenge, and Zach Rausch 
• Pandemic Hurt Children’s Social Skills, Mental Health Most - Gallup 

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Rachel Edwards helps us understand what it’s like to work in international humanitarian aid in the US in 2025, as executive orders from President Trump call for a pause in US foreign development assistance and DOGE has essentially dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Sources: 

• White House: Executive action on Jan. 20 to pause US foreign development assistance 
• Pew Research: What the data says about US foreign aid 
• Samantha Bower on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• USAID updates: 
  • Reuters
  • NBC
  • AP
  • NPR

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