Outside U.S., Floyd’s killing and protests sparked discussion on legislators’ Twitter accounts
Many legislators in four English-speaking countries directly addressed George Floyd’s killing and the subsequent protests on Twitter.
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Many legislators in four English-speaking countries directly addressed George Floyd’s killing and the subsequent protests on Twitter.
U.S. lawmakers have received roughly 2 million more love than anger reactions to posts in the first seven months of 2020.
A median of 77% across 34 countries surveyed use the internet at least occasionally or own an internet-enabled smartphone.
Black and Hispanic worshippers are less likely than their white counterparts to say they have gone to a house of worship recently.
Who should be given priority if some hospitals do not have enough ventilators for all patients who need help breathing?
One-in-ten U.S. adults say they have taken part in citizen science in the past year, and 26% say they have ever done so.
There’s a 14-point gap between the shares of White and Black adults in the U.S. who say they have a great deal of confidence in scientists.
The movement of people across borders has halted in much of the world as countries close their borders in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Only 10 states are preventing in-person religious gatherings in any form, according to our analysis of recent state-level regulations.
World War II service members’ numbers have dwindled from around 939,000 veterans in 2015 to about 300,000 in 2020.
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