After increasing in 2020, layoffs at large U.S. newspapers and digital news sites declined in 2021
In 2021, 11% of high-circulation newspapers experienced layoffs, compared with three times that share the year before (33%).
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In 2021, 11% of high-circulation newspapers experienced layoffs, compared with three times that share the year before (33%).
There has been a jump in the share of U.S. adults who see the Supreme Court as “friendly” toward religion.
82% of members of the historically Black Protestant tradition who attend church regularly have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Democracy – which, even in its most minimal form, requires the selection of governments through elections – necessarily relies on the people. Citizens must vote for representatives or policies, and, some would argue, are responsible for being informed and for holding politicians accountable via elections or protests. But, across the 24 countries surveyed, citizen behavior […]
Despite the many depressing stories dominating the international news cycle, there is also a note of positivity among survey respondents in views of the UN, the benefits of international cooperation for solving problems and the importance of common values for bringing nations together.
Looking at respondents to 2020 and 2021 surveys reveals differences in vaccination rates based on where people turned most for COVID-19 news.
While the total number of U.S. births declined at the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021, the number of births at home rose.
Public concern about addiction is down even in the parts of the U.S. where drug overdose death rates have increased the most.
Public attitudes about the legality of abortion are largely divided along partisan lines – and to a greater extent than in past decades.
The current Senate has managed to clear the 60-vote hurdle to avoid a filibuster on several of its main legislative achievements.
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