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    1. Public views about Americans’ eating habits

    The American food scene has undergone considerable change over the past two decades. During this period, the public has seen the introduction of genetically modified crops, the mainstreaming of organic foods into America’s supermarkets,[4. numoffset=”4″ Catherine Greene, Seth J. Wechsler, Aaron Adalja and James Hanson, Feb. 2016. “Economic Issues in the Coexistence of Organic, Genetically […]

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    3. Discrimination and racial inequality

    Most Americans say, as a country, we have yet to achieve racial equality. Roughly six-in-ten (61%) say that our country needs to continue making changes for blacks to have equal rights with whites, while 30% say we have made the changes needed to bring about equality. Blacks and Hispanics are particularly likely to say more […]

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    Sharp differences over who is hurt, helped by their race

    Blacks and whites differ on the extent to which a person’s race can be a burden or a benefit. For blacks, the answer is clear: 65% say “it is a lot more difficult to be black in this country than it is to be white.” Fewer than half as many whites (27%) agree.

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    4. Collaborative: Crowdfunding platforms

    Along with commercialized sharing and on-demand access, collaboration is a third hallmark of the new digital economy. Thanks to a proliferation of open digital platforms, people around the world can join together to take part in a variety of collaborative activities – from creating and circulating government petitions to supporting journalistic endeavors or helping to […]

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    Restrictions on Women’s Religious Attire

    Many countries have laws that ban or limit women from wearing religious attire in public places. By comparison, far fewer countries require women to wear particular types of attire for religious reasons.

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    Chapter 3: When it is acceptable — or not — to use cellphones in public spaces

    People’s cellphone use has injected itself into public spaces. This has blurred the line between private and public as often-intimate and occasionally blustering phone conversations have now become a common part of the background noise during bus rides, grocery shopping excursions, picnics, sidewalk strolls, waits in airport terminals and many other public venues. To see […]

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