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    Challenging the Census

    Now that 2010 Census numbers have been released for every place in the United States, a number of local officials — including the mayors of New York and Detroit — have announced plans to file administrative challenges to counts that they contend are too low. What sorts of challenges are allowed?

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    Multi-Race and the 2010 Census

    When final national race counts from the 2010 Census were released last month, they included more than nine million Americans who self-identified as belonging to two or more race groups. One of them was not President Barack Obama.

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    Health Surveys 2000-10

    Over 200 pages of health-related survey questions fielded by the Pew Internet Project.

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    How big a proportion of the American public is the Tea Party?

    Senior research staff answer questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects, ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.

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    Multi-Race Americans and the 2010 Census

    When final national race counts from the 2010 Census were released last month, they included more than 9 million Americans who self-identified as belonging to two or more race groups.

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    Goal of Libyan Operation Less Clear to Public

    Overview Two weeks after U.S. and NATO forces began military operations in Libya, the public’s reaction to the situation remains mixed. Half (50%) say the United States and its allies made the right decision in conducting airstrikes in Libya, while 37% say it was the wrong decision – a balance of opinion virtually unchanged from […]

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    Paying Up Online: An interview with Jim Jansen

    An interview with Senior Fellow Jim Jansen, recorded at the “Buying & Selling EContent” Conference, about paying for online content. (With downloadable audio and transcript)

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    Public Would Blame Both Sides if Government Shuts Down

    With an April 8 deadline approaching for a possible shutdown of the federal government, the public was divided over whether congressional Republicans or the Obama administration would be more to blame if a shutdown occurs.

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    Sobering News for Newspapers

    Sixteen of the top 20 U.S. newspapers lost overall audience — including online — in 2010.