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    See Rich-Poor Gap Increasing

    That’s the number of Americans who agree that “the rich just get richer while the poor get poorer” — an 8-point increase since 2002.

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    (Relative) Kudos for Today’s Dads

    About one-in-five among the public say that today’s fathers are doing a better job compared with fathers a generation ago; far fewer (9%) say that today’s mothers are doing a better job than their predecessors.

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    Religious Influence on Latino Politics

    Two-in-three Latinos living in the U.S. say that their religious beliefs are a very important or a somewhat important influence on their political thinking, and among Hispanic evangelicals, more than eight-in-ten (86%) feel this way.

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    Down For The Count

    For years, magazine watchers relied on monthly advertising reports known as "PIBs" to gauge the health of the industry. Recently, the "PIBs" were cut back from 12 a year to only four. A magazine trade organization says that’s an attempt to provide more meaningful data, but analysts suggest it’s also a reflection of tough economic times.

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    Political Divide in Views of Campaign Coverage

    Summary of Findings At this early stage of the 2008 campaign, about half of the public believes that press coverage of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates has been fair. But there are sizable partisan differences in evaluations of campaign coverage. Notably, a plurality of Republicans believes the press has gone too easy on Democratic […]

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    Civil Unions Spread, But Gays Want to Wed

    New Hampshire today became the fourth state in the nation (joining Vermont, Connecticut and New Jersey) to enact a same-sex civil union law, but gay activists continue to press for so-called marriage equality.

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    Talk Hosts Score the Big Fights

    The debates over immigration policy and Iraq war strategy were the most popular topics on cable and radio talk shows last week. The 2008 presidential race also attracted lots of attention, again. But two nasty political tiffs got on the talkers’ radar screen as well.

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    Gas Prices Grab the Public’s Attention

    Interest in news about inflation at the pump goes beyond learning where to find the cheapest gallon and extends to impacts on the national economy.

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    Gas Prices Top News Interest

    Summary of Findings The rising price of gasoline replaced the Iraq war last week as the public’s most closely followed news story. More than half of the public (52%) paid very close attention to news about gas prices, and 27% said this was the single news story they followed more closely than any other. By […]