short readsApr 6, 2023 Gun deaths among U.S. children and teens rose 50% in two years In 2021, there were 2,590 gun deaths among U.S. children and teens under the age of 18, up from 1,732 in 2019.
short readsDec 4, 2023 Most of Biden’s appointed judges to date are women, racial or ethnic minorities – a first for any president Nearly two-thirds of the federal judges President Joe Biden has appointed so far are women, and the same share are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.
short readsJan 4, 2023 Black Democrats differ from other Democrats in their views on gender identity, transgender issues Around two-thirds of Black Democrats (66%) say that whether someone is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.
short readsJun 16, 2023 Americans and affirmative action: How the public sees the consideration of race in college admissions, hiring Here’s a closer look at what recent surveys have found about Americans’ views of affirmative action.
short readsMay 20, 2022 Safety concerns were top of mind for many Black Americans before Buffalo shooting 32% of Black adults said they worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity.
short readsOct 31, 2022 Violent crime is a key midterm voting issue, but what does the data say? With Election Day approaching, here’s a closer look at voter attitudes on violent crime and an analysis of the nation’s violent crime rate.
short readsApr 24, 2024 What the data says about crime in the U.S. Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.
short readsJan 19, 2022 Recent surge in U.S. drug overdose deaths has hit Black men the hardest Black men are now on par with American Indian or Alaska Native men as the demographic groups most likely to die from overdoses.
short readsDec 6, 2021 U.S. public divided over whether people convicted of crimes spend too much or too little time in prison Americans are closely divided over whether people convicted of crimes spend too much, too little or about the right amount of time in prison.
short readsFeb 2, 2022 Black women account for a small fraction of the federal judges who have served to date Only 70 of the 3,843 people who have ever served as federal judges as of Feb. 1, 2022, have been Black women.