Americans are experiencing a “trust recession,” social scientist Jamil Zaki said in his new book, “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.” Zaki is a professor of ...

(CNN) — Cynicism is on the rise. Should that come as any surprise given today’s divisive global conflicts and our fraught political landscape? Even the weather seems like it’s out to get us.

Americans are experiencing a “trust recession,” social scientist Jamil Zaki said in his new book, “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.” Zaki is a professor of ...

Americans are experiencing a “trust recession,” social scientist Jamil Zaki says in his new book. But research reveals people ...

The artist formerly known as Cynics. Better known as 'haven't you shot up!' the history of which is often argued to be either due to his teenage growth spurt or his pretend heroin habit.

Is it possible to resensitize an electorate to scandal and cruelty?

Up and Down the River columnist Olive Mullet review the book “Hope for Cynics, The Surprising Science of Human Goodness” by ...