Black and White Americans are far apart in their views of reparations for slavery
Overall, 30% of U.S. adults say descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. should be repaid in some way. 68% say they should not be repaid.
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Overall, 30% of U.S. adults say descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. should be repaid in some way. 68% say they should not be repaid.
Fewer than half of Black adults say they have a three-month emergency fund, and some have taken multiple jobs to make ends meet.
American workers in some sectors and industries are seeing far smaller wage gains than those in others.
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the U.S., Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted.
New findings reveal exactly how the United States is more divided than the other 16 advanced economies surveyed.
Here’s a look at public opinion on some of the key issues facing the country, drawn from recent Pew Research Center surveys.
The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century.
Across 34 countries, a median of 65% said in 2019 they felt pessimistic about reducing the gap between the rich and poor in their country.
The public is more likely to have heard “a lot” about ongoing confrontations between police and protesters than several other stories.
52% of US adults say it is very or somewhat important that companies and organizations make public statements about political or social issues.
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