With extreme weather events and other disasters on the rise, how well are Americans prepared?
Powerful storms, wildfires, heat waves and other extreme climate-related events are projected to become more common and affect more people.
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Powerful storms, wildfires, heat waves and other extreme climate-related events are projected to become more common and affect more people.
Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but they also say it informs and raises awareness.
The reasons Americans without children don’t expect to have them range from just not wanting to have kids to concerns about climate change.
32% of Black adults said they worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity.
A survey of U.S.-based journalists finds 77% would choose their career all over again, though 57% are highly concerned about future restrictions on press freedom.
Why is there so much suffering and evil in the world? This question can be particularly confounding for those who believe in a good and all-powerful God, as is often described in the Abrahamic religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. For centuries, philosophers and theologians have grappled with this “problem of evil.”
Among U.S. social media users, 45% of Gen Z adults have interacted with content that focuses on the need for action on climate change.
The current Senate has managed to clear the 60-vote hurdle to avoid a filibuster on several of its main legislative achievements.
Twenty years ago this month, the U.S. launched a major invasion of Iraq. President George W. Bush and his administration at first drew broad public support for the use of military force. Yet the campaign soon left Americans deeply divided, and by 2019, 62% said the Iraq War was not worth fighting.
The difference between the earnings of men and women has barely closed in the United States in the past two decades. This gap persists even as women today are more likely than men to have graduated from college, suggesting other factors are at play such as parenthood and other family needs.
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