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    II. Survey of Latino Political Attitudes

    Partisan Allegiance Latinos in this country have historically identified more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party. Since the turn of this century, the GOP has been cutting into that partisan advantage—until now. Considering both those who identify with a given party and those who say they lean toward that party, Democrats in 1999 […]

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    Do Blacks and Hispanics Get Along?

    While blacks and Hispanics hold broadly favorable views of each other, Hispanics are less likely to say the two groups get along well. At the same time, African Americans are far more likely than Latinos to say blacks are frequently the victims of racial discrimination.

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    Chapter 3: Who goes to Public Libraries?

    The profile of public library users is similar to that of internet users. Although the internet is increasingly important as a source of information for a majority of Americans, most adults still use libraries. Some 53% reported going to a local public library in the past 12 months.[8.numoffset=”8″ We know from earlier work that respondents […]

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    Obama Inspiring But Inexperienced, Clinton Prepared to Lead But “Hard To Like”

    Summary of Findings Barack Obama is seen by most Democrats as inspiring and as most likely to bring about change. Hillary Clinton is widely viewed as prepared to lead the country, but also hard to like. These are some of the major themes in campaign news coverage — identified by the Project for Excellence in […]

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    News Judgments By Outlet

    In the third quarter, some patterns among different media sectors and outlets continued to reveal themselves. One such pattern is the basic similarity in the news judgment on the three nightly commercial broadcast network newscasts. From July through September, the lineup of the top four stories—the Iraq war policy debate, followed by events inside Iraq, […]

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    The 2008 Campaign: Steady Coverage with Clinton as Top Newsmaker

    For at least a few days this summer, even Hillary Clinton’s neckline became a campaign issue. On July 20, the same day the Washington Post published a story about Clinton’s “tentative dip into new neckline territory,” a segment on “senatorial cleavage” was part of the MSNBC Hardball lineup. One guest, feminist author Naomi Wolf, dismissed […]

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    Chapter 1: Libraries, Information, and the Internet

    Introduction For generations, public libraries have played a central role in providing a vast range of information to Americans. From the stacks of non-fiction books, to racks of newspapers and magazines, to shelves of reference materials and government documents, libraries have been the place to go to find answers to questions. Over the last 15 […]

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    The Constitutional Dimensions of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate: 2008

    Updated Nov. 21, 2008 In this article: The Right to Privacy The Road to Lawrence The Lawrence Case The Goodridge Case Same-Sex Marriage in the States Looking Ahead On Nov. 4, 2008, California voters passed Proposition 8, amending the state’s constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage. The vote, which was significant enough to make national headlines […]

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    Obama, Huckabee, and a Feisty Philly Face Off

    The presidential race was easily the biggest story in the media last week. But while much of the coverage focused on the attacks on Hillary Clinton at the Democrats’ Drexel University debate, the press also reassessed several other candidates.