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    119th Congress brings firsts for women of color

    In the Senate, two Black women are serving concurrently for the first time. And in the House, two states and one U.S. territory elected their first Black, Hispanic or Pacific Islander woman lawmaker.

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    How Black Americans define family   

    This is one of five detailed sections in a report on how Black Americans define and support their family networks. The report also includes an overview of key findings. Traditionally, family has been defined by ties of birth, marriage or law. But for many Americans, it goes beyond those conventions. To understand how Black Americans […]

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    3. Black Americans’ mistrust of the U.S. political system  

    Editorial note to readers A version of this study was originally published on June 10. We previously used the term “racial conspiracy theories” as an editorial shorthand to describe a complex and mixed set of findings. By using these words, our reporting distorted rather than clarified the point of the study. Changes to this version include: an […]

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    5. Race and ethnicity

    The measurement of race and ethnicity in the U.S. has evolved over the centuries, alongside changes in Americans’ views about race and the way race has come to be incorporated into the nation’s laws and policies. Pew Research Center uses a two-question sequence that asks first about Hispanic origin and then about race. The race […]

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