In U.S., women more likely than men to report feeling empathy for those suffering
66% of women say that in the past year, they have personally thought at least some about big questions; 55% of men report the same.
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Attention to COVID-19 news increased slightly amid omicron surge; partisans differ in views about the outbreak
37% of U.S. adults say they are following news about the coronavirus outbreak very closely. That is up from 31% in March 2021.
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Republicans and Democrats alike view Russia more as a competitor than an enemy of the U.S.
Amid tensions over a possible military invasion of Ukraine, Republicans and Democrats are largely in agreement about the threats posed by Russia.
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Americans broadly negative about the state of the nation, but most see a better year ahead
A majority of U.S. adults (61%) are optimistic that the new year will be better than the year that just ended.
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Four-in-ten countries and territories worldwide had blasphemy laws in 2019
79 countries and territories out of the 198 studied around the world (40%) had laws or policies in 2019 banning blasphemy.
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As inflation soars, a look at what’s inside the consumer price index
The CPI-U is the most widely cited inflation metric, so it’s worth popping the hood and looking inside to see how it works.
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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.
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A growing share of Americans say affordable housing is a major problem where they live
49% of Americans say the availability of affordable housing in their local community is a major problem, up 10 points from early 2018.
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Some gender disparities widened in the U.S. workforce during the pandemic
Among adults 25 and older who have no education beyond high school, more women have left the labor force than men.
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Share of those 65 and older who are tech users has grown in the past decade
Adoption of key technologies by those in the oldest age group has grown markedly since about a decade ago.
