Growing share of Americans see the Supreme Court as ‘friendly’ toward religion
There has been a jump in the share of U.S. adults who see the Supreme Court as “friendly” toward religion.
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There has been a jump in the share of U.S. adults who see the Supreme Court as “friendly” toward religion.
On a couple of policies related to transgender people, there is some agreement among Americans, but views of other policies are more divided.
Public concern about addiction is down even in the parts of the U.S. where drug overdose death rates have increased the most.
Overall, there are about 42.5 million Americans with disabilities, making up 13% of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.
For the most part, Americans don’t think a woman president would do better or worse than a man when it comes to key leadership traits or the handling of various policy areas. At the same time, the public sees differences in the way men and women running for higher office are treated by the media.
More Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2021 than in any other year on record, according to the latest available statistics from the CDC.
If Congress passes the Oct. 1 deadline without either a new set of spending bills or a continuing resolution, nonessential operations would be forced to shut down.
Despite the many depressing stories dominating the international news cycle, there is also a note of positivity among survey respondents in views of the UN, the benefits of international cooperation for solving problems and the importance of common values for bringing nations together.
Black Americans support significant reforms to or complete overhauls of several U.S. institutions to ensure fair treatment. Yet even as they assess inequality and ideas about progress, many are pessimistic about whether society and institutions will change in ways that would reduce racism.
About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.
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