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reportAug 30, 2022

1. Black Americans are pessimistic about their position in U.S. society

During the national reckoning sparked by George Floyd’s murder in 2020, a significant share of Black Americans expected the increased focus on issues of racial inequality to lead to changes that would improve the lives of Black people. Roughly a year and a half later, nearly two-thirds (64%) of all Black adults, including those who […]
short readsOct 18, 2022

About a third of K-12 parents are very or extremely worried a shooting could happen at their children’s school

Mothers are more likely than fathers to be extremely or very worried about a school shooting, and concerns also vary by race and ethnicity.
reportJan 24, 2023

2. Race, ethnicity and parenting

Views of and experiences with parenthood differ in particular ways among racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Black and Hispanic parents are more likely than White and Asian parents to say being a parent is the most important aspect of who they are as people, though large majorities of all groups say it […]
reportFeb 24, 2023

5. Closing thoughts on human agency

The following respondents wrote contributions that consider a wide range of issues tied to the future of human agency. Henning Schulzrinne, Internet Hall of Fame member and co-chair of the Internet Technical Committee of the IEEE, said, “Agency and recourse are privileges now and they are likely to become more so. By 2035, automated decision-making […]
featureMay 8, 2025

Americans’ Trust in One Another

Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. We explore why this is, and why some are more trusting than others.
short readsAug 3, 2022

U.S. women more concerned than men about some AI developments, especially driverless cars

Women in the U.S. are less likely than men to say that technology has had a mostly positive effect on society (42% vs. 54%).
videoJan 5, 2022

Trust in America: Do Americans trust the police?

While views of and experiences with police vary substantially across demographic groups, there is support for a number of police reforms.
reportJan 24, 2023

Parenting in America Today

Mental health concerns top the list of worries for parents, followed by concerns about their children being bullied. The vast majority of parents say being a parent is enjoyable and rewarding all or most of the time, but substantial shares also find it tiring and stressful.
reportMar 17, 2022

2. Public more likely to see facial recognition use by police as good, rather than bad for society

Facial recognition technology dates back to the 1960s, with techniques that relied on hand coding facial features of each face in the database. The rise of massive databases, automation, complex analytical tools and machine learning has vastly transformed the capacity and reach of this technology. Facial recognition is now used in a variety of contexts, […]
reportNov 29, 2022

4. Restrictions in the 25 most populous countries

CORRECTION (Dec. 19, 2025): Some of the text in Chapter 4 has been corrected with updated SHI figures for 2019. Germany is now described as experiencing a “modest decrease,” rather than a “large decline,” in its SHI score between 2019 and 2020. Refer to the errata page for details. More than 5 billion people – almost three-quarters of […]

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