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    Event Transcript: Tolerance and Tension

    The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life held a conference call with journalists to discuss the findings of a new 19-country survey, “Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa.” The study finds that the vast majority of people in many sub-Saharan African nations are deeply committed to Christianity or Islam, […]

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    More See White House and GOP Leaders at Odds

    Overview Americans are in an increasingly sour mood about Washington. Barack Obama’s approval ratings continue to inch downward and a growing proportion of Americans (63%) think that the president and Republican leaders are not working together to deal with important issues facing the nation; in June, 50% said the two sides were not cooperating. While […]

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    Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects

    Assessments about the state of black progress in America have improved more dramatically among blacks during the past two years than at any time in the past quarter century.

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    Sonia Sotomayor

    Questions of ethnic heritage began on day one of Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination, as media outlets remarked on the first-ever nomination and both political parties debated the implications of Obama’s choice. And throughout the nomination process, Hispanics remained closely tied to the coverage. About half (48%) of stories about Sonia Sotomayor included a significant mention of […]

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    A Conversation With Tariq Ramadan

    European campaigns to ban burqas, the Swiss vote to bar new construction of minarets and attempted terrorist acts in the United States have renewed questions and concerns about the compatibility of Islam with Western society. Swiss-born scholar and philosopher of Islam Tariq Ramadan has written and spoken on the subject, generating widespread debate and reaction. […]

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    Story Lines: Banks, Stimulus and Detroit Dominate the Narrative

    While there were many narratives connected to the financial crisis, from February 1 through August 31, three major storylines accounted for nearly 40% of the overall economic coverage. News about the banking industry and the government bailout was the most heavily covered theme and accounted for 15% of the newshole. The Obama Administration’s stimulus package […]

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    A Year Out, Widespread Anti-Incumbent Sentiment

    Overview The mood of America is glum. Two-thirds of the public is dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country. Fully nine-in-ten say that national economic conditions are only fair or poor, and nearly two-thirds describe their own finances that way – the most since the summer of 1992. An increasing proportion of […]

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    But What Do the Polls Show?

    Perhaps the best way to think about public opinion and its relationship to politics and policymaking is that the American public is typically short on facts, but often long on judgment.

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    For the First Time, Afghanistan Tops the Week’s News

    It was a war that often had trouble breaking into the headlines. But in recent months, with President Obama facing a crucial decision over whether to escalate U.S. involvement, coverage of Afghanistan increased noticeably. And last week, as the policy debate intensified, the story dominated finally the news.