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    Press Conference Transcript

    Washington, DC In a noon conference call for journalists, Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, together with fellows John Green and Greg Smith, released the first of three reports on the Forum’s path-breaking U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, launched the interactive website accompanying the project and answered questions from reporters. […]

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    II. The Changing Racial and Ethnic Isolation of Public School Students

    The recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County (Ky.) Board of Education have focused renewed attention on the racial and ethnic composition of the nation’s public schools. The past 15 years have been a period of considerable change in both […]

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    Evangelical Approval of President Bush

    That was President Bush’s approval rating among white evangelicals in a recent survey, far higher than among the electorate as a whole but considerably lower than in earlier years.

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    IV. The Isolation of Hispanic, Black and Asian Public School Students

    In 2005-06, Hispanic and black public school students were very similar in the extent of their exposure to white students. In addition, a high proportion of Hispanic and black students attended a school that had not only relatively few white students but relatively few students of any racial or ethnic identity other than their own. […]

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    Political Knowledge Update

    Overview What’s Your News IQ? Take the LatestQuiz Nearly nine-in-ten Americans know that China was the source of dangerous toys and tainted food recently in the news. And sizeable majorities can identify House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the Sunni as the branch of Islam struggling with the Shia for control in […]

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    Facebook Your Future Roommate

    Remember the anticipation you felt on your first day of college? Showing up to your dorm and wondering what your freshman year roommate would be like? You might have even spoken with your assigned roommate on the phone, and maybe you were wonder…

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    Parent and Teen Internet Use

    Parents view the internet less favorably than in 2004, yet are still engaged with their children’s media consumption. Teens are more likely than their parents to say tech devices are helpful.

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    Clinton and Giuliani’s Contrasting Images

    Summary of Findings Sen. Hillary Clinton is by far the most popular presidential candidate among her own party’s voters, but has among the lowest overall favorable ratings of the leading candidates. In sharp contrast, the front-running Republican candidate, Rudy Giuliani, evokes relatively modest enthusiasm from the GOP base, but is as broadly popular with all […]

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    Campaign for President Takes Center Stage in Coverage

    In the second quarter of 2007, the presidential campaign supplanted the debate over Iraq as the No. 1 story in the media. Barack Obama overtook Hillary Clinton as the candidate getting the most attention. And Republicans began to catch up with Democrats in exposure. PEJ offers a 2nd quarter report on the media.

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    Cable Talk Hosts Have a Field Day with O.J.

    The Simpson arrest and Hillary Clinton’s health care proposal proved irresistible fodder for the talk show universe last week. Plus, why some newsmakers—like Dan Rather and Alan Greenspan—got more attention on talk shows than in the general news coverage.