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    Tickets to Paradise

    Three-in-ten Americans say belief is the key factor in achieving eternal life; about the same proportion view actions as the primary factor (29%).

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    First-Time Hispanic Voters

    One-in-five Hispanics who voted in last November’s election were first-time voters.

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    Housing Crisis

    One-in-five Americans have had trouble paying their rent or mortgage in the past year.

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    Big Macs or Lattes?

    More Americans would rather live in a place with more McDonald’s than Starbucks.

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    Stimulus Success Shifts the Storyline

    The country’s financial crisis last week became the biggest story in more than three months. The Treasury Secretary got unflattering media reviews, but the press narrative turned more positive for President Obama.

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    The New News Media-scape

    This speech pulls together Pew Internet findings and analysis about how people get news and relate to news items in the digital age.

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    The Future of Music Policy

    The Future of Music Coalition’s Policy Day brings together musicians, techies, policymakers and advocates to discuss the changing music and technology policy landscape.

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    As Jobs Crisis Spreads, Worries Climb the Economic Ladder

    Overview For the public, the continuing financial crisis has been overtaken by a jobs crisis. The proportion of Americans citing jobs or unemployment as the nation’s most important economic problem has more than quadrupled – from 10% to 42% – since early October and job worries now far surpass concerns over the financial crisis. People’s […]