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reportMar 14, 2014

U.S. Census looking at big changes in how it asks about race and ethnicity
short readsMar 14, 2014

U.S. Census looking at big changes in how it asks about race and ethnicity

Many communities, including Hispanics, Arabs and people of mixed race, have said they’re unsure of how to identify themselves on census forms.
short readsMar 14, 2014

Data Feed: Global climate change, European and U.S. labor markets, losing teeth in old age

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
short readsMar 14, 2014

Chart of the Week: The ever-accelerating rate of technology adoption

The World Wide Web, first conceived of 25 years ago this week, has been adopted by American society in record time.
reportMar 13, 2014

People In Many Countries Think Belief In God Essential To A Moral Life
reportMar 13, 2014

Pew Research: More than two-thirds of Americans are actively engaged with public libraries

A wide-ranging look at Americans’ lives examines the way people use books, technology, and public libraries as part of the social and information landscape in the digital age
reportMar 13, 2014

Godless: 85% of French say faith in God not necessary for morals
short readsMar 13, 2014

Controversy over new Israeli law highlights growing ultra-Orthodox population

Ultra-Orthodox Jews have been at the center of a controversy in Israel over whether they should be subject to the draft. Their counterparts in the U.S. tend to be more insular than other Jews.
reportMar 13, 2014

Worldwide, Many See Belief in God as Essential to Morality
reportMar 13, 2014

From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers–and beyond

A new typology of Americans’ public engagement with public libraries, which sheds light on broader issues around the relationship between technology, libraries, and information resources in the United States.