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reportNov 8, 2011

For Many Injured Veterans, A Lifetime of Consequences

One out of every ten veterans alive today was seriously injured at some point while serving in the military, and three-quarters of those injuries occurred in combat.
reportNov 3, 2011

The Generation Gap and the 2012 Election

Overview In the last four national elections, generational differences have mattered more than they have in decades. According to the exit polls, younger people have voted substantially more Democratic than other age groups in each election since 2004, while older voters have cast more ballots for Republican candidates in each election since 2006. The latest […]
databaseMar 8, 2012

Table: Estimated Number of Immigrants by Religious Affiliation

Display: Number | Percentage View By: Religious Affiliation | Region To / Destination country Total number of migrants Christian Muslim Hindu Buddhist Jewish Other Unaffiliated Afghanistan 90,000 <10,000 60,000 <10,000 <10,000 <1,000 <10,000 <10,000 Albania 90,000 80,000 <10,000 <1,000 <1,000 <1,000 <1,000 <10,000 Algeria 240,000 40,000 190,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 American Samoa 30,000 […]
databaseMar 8, 2012

Table: Estimated Number of Emigrants by Religious Affiliation

.footnotes p{ color: #58585B;font-size: 1.2em !important; } td:nth-child(2){ border-right:1px solid #ccc; } td{ padding: 8px 5px !important; } Display: Number | Percentage View By: Religious Affiliation | Region From / Origin country Total number of migrants Christian Muslim Hindu Buddhist Jewish Other Unaffiliated Afghanistan 3,010,000 <10,000 2,990,000 <10,000 <1,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 Albania 1,550,000 720,000 […]
reportOct 5, 2011

Chapter 6: A Profile of the Modern Military

Today’s military is smaller, older, more diverse and more likely to be married than the force that served a generation or two ago. A larger proportion of minorities and women serve as officers and enlisted personnel. Proportionately fewer high school dropouts and more college graduates fill the enlisted ranks. Since the military draft was abolished […]
reportOct 23, 2011

Death of a Dictator Leads the News

A news week that began with the campaign ended with the death of Muammar Gaddafi.
reportOct 5, 2011

Chapter 3: Fighting a Decade-Long War

Americans who have served in the armed forces during the decade since the 9/11 attacks have experienced the best and worst of what military life has to offer. An overwhelming majority of veterans are proud of their service (96%) and eight-in-ten feel they did important work for their country, according to the Pew Research survey […]
reportOct 30, 2011

A Housing Plan and Continuing Protests Fuel Economic Coverage

After a brief one-week absence, the U.S. economy re-emerged as the top story last week.
reportNov 9, 2011

Methodology

The study, The Media and Herman Cain, uses content analysis data from two sources. Data regarding the quantity of coverage is mostly derived from the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s in-house coding operation. (Click here for details on how that project, also known as PEJ’s News Coverage Index, is conducted.) To arrive at the results […]
reportOct 17, 2011

Barack Obama

While Barack Obama may not have been formally campaigning for re-election, he was by far the leading newsmaker in the past five months. And the coverage of him during that period has been unrelentingly negative, worse than any of his potential Republican foes. He fared better, but only slightly, in the blogosphere. Several factors were […]