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.
Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years.
About half of Asian adults who have heard of affirmative action (53%) say it is a good thing, 19% say it is a bad thing, and 27% say they don’t know whether it is good or bad. However, about three-quarters of all Asian adults (76%) say race or ethnicity should not factor into college admissions decisions.
Most Asian adults in the U.S. have been treated as a foreigner or experienced incidents where people assume they are a “model minority.”
Social hostilities involving religion, including violence and harassment against religious groups by private individuals and groups, declined in 2019, according to Pew Research Center’s 12th annual study of global restrictions on religion, which examines 198 countries and territories.
Germany’s pandemic response and its role in the EU are also rated positively.
Government restrictions by region In 2019, the median Government Restrictions Index (GRI) score of the 198 countries and territories in this study remained stable at 2.9, staying at its highest level since Pew Research Center began tracking these measures in 2007 (see Overview). The median score on the index decreased in three of the five […]
The U.S. receives relatively poor marks compared with other countries and organizations when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.
Differences within each party on views of foreign policy emerge based on where Americans turn for political news.
Americans’ opinions of China have soured in recent years. But what are Americans thinking about when they say they have a negative view of China?
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