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reportJan 10, 2018

Kim Parker

Kim Parker is director of social trends research at the Pew Research Center. She oversees research on emerging social and demographic trends.
short readsNov 21, 2018

Millennials, Gen X increase their ranks in the House, especially among Democrats

The 2018 midterm elections significantly boosted the number of Millennials and Generation Xers in the lower chamber.
reportDec 10, 2018

1. Concerns about human agency, evolution and survival

A clear majority of the responses from these experts contained material outlining certain challenges, fears or concerns about the AI-infused future. The five most-often mentioned concerns were: 1) the use of AI reduces individuals’ control over their lives; 2) surveillance and data systems designed primarily for efficiency, profit and control are inherently dangerous; 3) displacement […]
reportDec 10, 2018

3. Improvements ahead: How humans and AI might evolve together in the next decade

Other questions to the experts in this canvassing invited their views on the hopeful things that will occur in the next decade and for examples of specific applications that might emerge. What will human-technology co-evolution look like by 2030? Participants in this canvassing expect the rate of change to fall in a range anywhere from […]
reportOct 24, 2017

2. Views of the parties and political figures

The eight typology groups fall into four Republican-leaning groups and four Democratic-leaning groups. While each group has a partisan orientation, there are substantial intraparty divides in how these groups view the parties, the president and other political figures. In the GOP coalition, Market Skeptic Republicans and New Era Enterprisers offer some criticism of the Republican […]
short readsAug 6, 2018

Most European students are learning a foreign language in school while Americans lag

A median of 92% of European students are learning a language in school. Far fewer K-12 students in the U.S. participate in foreign language education.
short readsJun 5, 2017

Through an American lens, Western Europe’s middle classes appear smaller

The American middle class is smaller than middle classes across Western Europe, but its income is higher.
short readsNov 1, 2017

How wealth inequality has changed in the U.S. since the Great Recession, by race, ethnicity and income

In the U.S., the racial and ethnic wealth gap has evolved differently for families at different income levels since the Great Recession.
short readsApr 24, 2017

7 key findings on the state of the middle class in Western Europe

The fortunes of the middle classes across Western Europe are moving in different directions. Some nations are experiencing both growing incomes and expanding middle classes, while other nations are witness to stagnant or declining incomes and shrinking middle classes, a new Pew Research Center analysis of 11 Western European countries has found. But in a few other countries studied, the middle-class shares are decreasing even as incomes overall are rising.
featureApr 24, 2017

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Millennials, Gen X increase their ranks in the House, especially among Democrats

1. Concerns about human agency, evolution and survival

3. Improvements ahead: How humans and AI might evolve together in the next decade

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