U.S. ends year with fewest executions since 1991
Just five states – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas – accounted for all 20 executions in the U.S. in 2016.
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Just five states – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas – accounted for all 20 executions in the U.S. in 2016.
Australia, Canada, Germany and the UK are among the other countries where there are partisan clashes on climate change issues.
Today, 57% of U.S. adults say use of marijuana should be made legal, while 37% say it should be illegal. A decade ago, opinion was nearly the reverse.
On April 22, leaders and representatives from more than 150 countries will gather at the United Nations to sign the global climate change agreement reached in Paris in December. Pew Research Center’s spring 2015 survey found that people around the world are concerned about climate change and want their governments to take action. Here are […]
Just what is “economic inequality”? Depends on whom you ask.
There were 1.8 unemployed people per job opening in January, another indicator of the improving jobs situation.
The new GOP-controlled Congress takes office at a time when the American public sees partisan rifts in the country getting worse.
China and the U.S., the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, are among the least worried about climate change.
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