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    Along the Iraq-Vietnam Parallel

    To many observers the most obvious parallel between the two conflicts is that, after early public support, disillusionment mounted as hostilities dragged on. But while the overall trajectory is similar, an important political difference distinguishes public attitudes toward the two wars.

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    Evangelical Approval of President Bush

    That was President Bush’s approval rating among white evangelicals in a recent survey, far higher than among the electorate as a whole but considerably lower than in earlier years.

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    Say Children Key to Marriage

    That’s the percent of Americans who now say that children are very important for a marriage to succeed, down from 65% who said so in 1990.

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    Job Finding is Hard

    That’s the number of Americans who recently said it was difficult to find a job in their community — a proportion that rises to 55% when the qualifier “good job” is added to the question.

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    Better Wages for Latino Immigrants

    That’s the proportion of foreign-born Latino workers in the lowest fifth of the wage distribution, a significant decline from the 42% who were low wage workers a decade earlier.

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    How the Public Resolves Conflicts Between Faith and Science

    Polls show that Americans have a healthy respect for science. But what happens when scientific findings conflict with religious beliefs? In the case of evolution, religious people, who make up a majority of Americans, rely primarily on their faith for answers.

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    Beyond Foster Care

    States are trying to extend help to the growing number of “emancipated” parentless 18-year-olds who face bleak futures on their own.

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    Two Decades of American News Preferences

    In the second of two parts, Pew Research Center consultant Michael Robinson analyzes data from 165 surveys on audience news preferences to examine news interest across decades and describe how the public’s news interests have changed — or not changed — over different news eras.

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