Americans have heard more about clashes between police and protesters than other recent news stories
The public is more likely to have heard “a lot” about ongoing confrontations between police and protesters than several other stories.
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The public is more likely to have heard “a lot” about ongoing confrontations between police and protesters than several other stories.
More than nine-in-ten Americans (93%) say high school grades should be at least a minor factor in admissions decisions.
A majority of teens say a welcoming, safe online environment is more important than people being able to speak their minds freely online.
U.S. adults who are affiliated with a religion are less likely than religiously unaffiliated adults to support broadly legal marijuana.
The tech landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade, both in the United States and around the world.
Exposure to a range of new ideas and viewpoints that many social media users encounter can occasionally cause people to change their minds about political issues or candidates.
There are deep divisions between blacks and whites in how they see racial discrimination, barriers to black progress and prospects for change.
Pew Research Center President Michael Dimock examines the changes – some profound, some subtle – that the U.S. experienced during Barack Obama’s presidency.
The American public’s sour mood is in interesting contrast with many of the public’s views during the Great Depression of the 1930s, not only on economic, political and social issues, but also on the role of government in addressing them.
Assessments about the state of black progress in America have improved more dramatically among blacks during the past two years than at any time in the past quarter century.
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