Q&A: How and why Pew Research Center studied Black Americans’ views of science
A new survey, along with a related series of focus groups, shows the many nuanced views Black Americans hold about science.
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A new survey, along with a related series of focus groups, shows the many nuanced views Black Americans hold about science.
Despite an uptick in positive views of the economy in some places, many say that children will be worse off financially than their parents.
Among the 32 places surveyed, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
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.
Publics disagree about whether restrictions on public activity, such as stay-at-home orders or mandates to wear masks in public, have gone far enough to combat COVID-19.
As President Joe Biden embarks on his first visit to Israel as president, he does so against an amicable backdrop: A majority of adults in both Israel and the United States have favorable views of the other country and the current state of bilateral relations, though Americans’ views on Israel differ sharply by party and age.
Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.
Dissatisfaction with the functioning of democracy is linked to concerns about the economy, the pandemic and social divisions.
A small but significant share of car owners in the U.S. have traded filling up for plugging in, and many more are thinking of joining them.
Nearly a quarter of countries used force to prevent religious gatherings during the pandemic; other government restrictions and social hostilities related to religion remained fairly stable.
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