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    Four in ten seniors go online

    38% of adults age 65 and older go online, a significantly lower rate of adoption than the general population (74%).

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    Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects

    Summary of Findings A comprehensive new survey of racial attitudes finds that a year after Barack Obama’s election, blacks’ assessments about the state of black progress in America have improved more dramatically than at any time in the last quarter century. The poll finds an upbeat set of black views on a wide range of […]

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    Widespread Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Italy

    More than 1,000 immigrants have been evacuated from southern Italy after a recent wave of violence against African farm workers. Surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project find that anti-immigrant sentiment is widespread

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    Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects

    Assessments about the state of black progress in America have improved more dramatically among blacks during the past two years than at any time in the past quarter century.

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    U.S. Muslims: Americans First?

    That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who say they consider themselves Muslims first; 28% say they think of themselves first as Americans.

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    From Detroit to Yemen, Terror Tops the News Agenda

    With the White House producing a post-mortem on what went wrong, the Christmas bombing plot led the news agenda last week. And it was joined by a number of related terrorism topics in the news, harkening back to the days of nervous post 9/11 headlines.

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    How News Happens

    A new PEJ study investigates where news comes from in today’s rapidly changing media landscape. An examination of local media in Baltimore provides insight on how the U.S. media ecosystem works. What role do new media, blogs and specialty news sites play in the news cycle? Who is breaking news? Which reports advanced the story? The study answers these questions and more.