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Public K-12 teachers express low job satisfaction and few are optimistic about the future of U.S. education.
Americans are more pessimistic than optimistic about the institution of marriage and the family. At the same time, the public is fairly accepting of diverse family arrangements, though some are seen as more acceptable than others.
64% of Americans live within 2 miles of a public electric vehicle charging station, and those who live closest to chargers view EVs more positively.
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.
While Black adults define personal and financial success in different ways, most see these measures of success as major sources of pressure in their lives.
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.
Immigrants – particularly those from African nations – are a growing share of the U.S. Black population.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
Women in STEM jobs are more likely than their male counterparts to have experienced discrimination in the workplace and to believe that discrimination is a major reason there are not more women in STEM.
There are deep divisions between blacks and whites in how they see racial discrimination, barriers to black progress and prospects for change.
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