Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

Publications

  • short reads

    Trade Makes Strange Bedfellows

    That’s the percent of conservative Republicans who think that free trade agreements have, on the whole, been a bad thing for the United States — a view held by essentially the same percentage (32%) of liberal Democrats.

  • report

    A Nuclear Surprise Puts Iran in the News

    For most of the year, the American media have been far more preoccupied with the war in Iraq than with growing tensions between the U.S. and Iran. But last week, a new intelligence report sparked a heated debate over policy toward the leadership in Tehran.

  • report

    Hispanics and the 2008 Election: A Swing Vote?

    This report analyzes Census data and voting trends on a state-by-state basis to explore the potential of Latinos to be a “swing vote” in the 2008 presidential election.