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    Musk claims journalists are doxxing his staff

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story This week, Elon Musk claimed that journalists reporting on his Department of Government Efficiency and its employees are “doxxing” his staff, or publishing private personal information about them.  As they have for the past four decades, most Americans say criticism from news […]

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    4. How COVID-19 impacted Americans’ relationship with technology

    Colleen McClain, Olivia Sidoti and Monica Anderson contributed to this chapter. For many Americans, life in the early days of COVID-19 was lived on screens. Schools pivoted to virtual learning and businesses shuttered or moved online as in-person contact risked spreading the virus. Not everyone could – or wanted to – avoid in-person interaction. And […]

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    3. How the COVID-19 pandemic affected U.S. religious life

    Michael Rotolo contributed to this chapter. The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on how religious communities gather for worship. In a Pew Research Center survey in July 2020, a few months after the coronavirus struck the United States, just 6% of Americans who regularly attend religious services said their house of worship was open […]

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    5. Spread of infectious diseases as a threat

    A 60% median across 25 nations say the spread of infectious diseases is a major threat to their country. In many places, the share holding this view has fallen since 2022.

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    Religion Holds Steady in America

    Analysis of our polls and other data shows no clear evidence of a religious revival among young adults. Read more about religiousness by age and gender.

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    Measles outbreak raises concerns about health information

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story As a measles outbreak in West Texas continues to grow, so do concerns about the health information Americans are encountering. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the recently confirmed secretary of Health and Human Services, has offered some public comments in […]

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    International Opinion on Global Threats

    Adults across 25 countries see the spread of false information online, the condition of the global economy and terrorism as major threats today.

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    Does working from home make work-family balance easier?

    As many workers face return-to-office mandates, some parents have been able to maintain remote or hybrid work arrangements. A majority of working parents (65%) say they have a job that cannot be done from home. But 35% say that, for the most part, their job can be done from home. This latter share includes: These […]