Trust in America: Do Americans trust the police?
While views of and experiences with police vary substantially across demographic groups, there is support for a number of police reforms.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
While views of and experiences with police vary substantially across demographic groups, there is support for a number of police reforms.
49% of Americans say the availability of affordable housing in their local community is a major problem, up 10 points from early 2018.
53% of parents of K-12 students say schools in the United States should be providing a mix of in-person and online instruction this winter.
The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the U.S., Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted.
Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary – that is, their gender is different from the sex they were assigned at birth.
The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.
A century after the 19th Amendment was passed, Americans differ over how well the term “feminism” describes them and how they see the movement.
The share of unpartnered mothers who are employed and at work has fallen more precipitously than among other parents.
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