3. Quality of local crime news
Local crime news is widely consumed in the U.S., but only a third who get this type of news are highly satisfied with its quality.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Local crime news is widely consumed in the U.S., but only a third who get this type of news are highly satisfied with its quality.
Key statistics and data about the demographic, geographic and economic characteristics of the U.S. Black population.
Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.
Americans get local crime news from a variety of sources, turning most often to people they know and local news outlets.
Voters who favor Joe Biden and those who favor Donald Trump hold very different views about race and ethnicity in American society. Some of the starkest differences across all the political values in this study are over the degree to which Black Americans continue to be affected by the legacy of slavery and whether White […]
Older Americans are more likely to follow local government news. People often get this news from friends, family and local outlets.
The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth.
Nearly six-in-ten want organizations working for Black progress to address the distinct challenges facing Black LGBTQ people. Black Americans are more likely to know someone who is transgender or nonbinary than to identify as such themselves.
Many Americans disapprove of several of the Trump administration’s most controversial immigration actions. For example, 61% disapprove of deporting some immigrants who are in the United States illegally to a prison in El Salvador, while far fewer – 37% – approve of this policy. Views are similar on suspending asylum applications from people seeking to […]
Black Americans see an important role for Black people in the newsgathering process as one possible way to improve coverage of race and Black communities. But they largely do not feel that their news broadly needs to come from Black journalists, nor do they see reporters’ race as a dominant factor in whether news is […]
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