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    Members of Congress: Religious Affiliations

    Explore the religious affiliation of each of the members to be sworn into the 114th Congress on Jan. 6, 2015. Data were compiled by CQ Roll Call and the Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project.

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    Privacy in 2025: Experts’ Predictions

    We canvassed thousands of experts to ask them to predict the future of privacy in America and found they were divided on whether or not a secure, trusted privacy-rights infrastructure would be in place by 2025.

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    Eligible Unauthorized Immigrants, By State

    State Unauthorized Immigrants 2012 Total Eligible for Protection Newly Eligible for Protection Percent Eligible Percent Newly Eligible U.S., Total 11,200,000 5,350,000 3,850,000 48% 35% California 2,450,000 1,250,000 950,000 52% 39% Texas 1,650,000 900,000 675,000 54% 41% Florida 925,000 375,000 210,000 41% 23% Illinois 475,000 250,000 200,000 53% 42% New York 750,000 300,000 200,000 39% 26% […]

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    Religion and Morality in Latin America

    A Pew Research Center survey of 18 Latin American countries and Puerto Rico asked people whether eight specific behaviors — including homosexual behavior and having an abortion — are morally wrong. Even though Catholic Church teaching forbids some of these behaviors, Protestants across the region are more likely than Catholics to see many of them […]

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    What Americans Think About Privacy

    What Americans Think About Privacy

    The majority of Americans feel their privacy is being challenged in some fundamental ways. These nine profiles show a variety of perspectives our focus group respondents shared about privacy. Their answers are real, but they have been assigned a pseudonym.

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    What Americans Think About Privacy

    The majority of Americans feel their privacy is being challenged in some fundamental ways, our new report finds. See the variety of perspectives our focus group respondents shared about privacy. Their answers are real, but they have been assigned a pseudonym.

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    Victims of Online Harassment Describe Their Experiences

    73% of adult internet users have seen someone be harassed in some way online and 40% have personally experienced it. Respondents who have personally experienced online harassment were asked to elaborate about their most recent incident in their own words.

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    Victims of Online Harassment Describe Their Experiences

    40% of internet users have personally experienced some form of online harassment, from garden-variety name-calling to more serious examples like sexual harassment and stalking. Respondents who have personally experienced online harassment were asked to elaborate about their most recent incident in their own words. A selection of their quotes is featured below. Read more about […]