America’s incarceration rate falls to lowest level since 1995
The nationwide incarceration rate is 810 prison or jail inmates for every 100,000 adult residents ages 18 and older.
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The nationwide incarceration rate is 810 prison or jail inmates for every 100,000 adult residents ages 18 and older.
The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century.
Americans are much more likely than Germans to see U.S. bases in Germany as important for their country’s national security.
There were 1,501 black prisoners for every 100,000 black adults in 2018, down sharply from 2,261 black inmates per 100,000 black adults in 2006.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
Majorities of Americans foresee widening income gaps, tougher financial times for older Americans and intensifying political divisions.
Around seven-in-ten Americans or more have seen defending against terrorism as a top priority for the White House and Congress since early 2002.
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