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    1. Trends in income and wealth inequality

    Barely 10 years past the end of the Great Recession in 2009, the U.S. economy is doing well on several fronts. The labor market is on a job-creating streak that has rung up more than 110 months straight of employment growth, a record for the post-World War II era. The unemployment rate in November 2019 […]

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    Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans

    Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence will make most people better off over the next decade, but many have concerns about how advances in AI will affect what it means to be human, to be productive and to exercise free will.

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    The American Veteran Experience and the Post-9/11 Generation

    What it means to be a military veteran in the United States is being shaped by a new generation of service members. About one-in-five veterans today served on active duty after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Their collective experiences – from deployment to combat to the transition back to civilian life – are markedly different from those who served in previous eras.

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    Acknowledgments

    This report was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support from the Google News Initiative. About the Google News Initiative The Google News Initiative is Google’s effort to work with the news industry to help journalism thrive in the digital age. We work with thousands of news organizations to meet their business […]

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    3. Views of demographic changes

    As the U.S. population becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, Americans have mixed views about how the country might change when blacks, Hispanics, Asians and other minorities make up a majority of the population. While more say this change will be good for the country than say it will be bad, the predominant view is […]