2009

short readNov 10, 2009

Cap & Trade: Few Know What it is but Half Support the Idea

Though few know what “cap and trade” is, half the public supports limits on carbon dioxide emissions even if it means higher energy prices.
short readNov 10, 2009

Global Warming: A Hoax … with Serious Ramifications

A third of those who say there is no solid evidence of global warming still consider it a serious problem.
short readNov 10, 2009

Knowledge of Troop Deaths in Afghanistan

Only a quarter of the public can correctly estimate the number of U.S. military fatalities in Afghanistan.
short readNov 10, 2009

College Enrollment at All-Time High

Roughly four-in-ten young adults are enrolled in either a two- or four-year college, the highest level of enrollment ever.
short readNov 10, 2009

The Age of Tweets

The median age of a Twitter user is 31.
short readNov 10, 2009

The Remarrying Kind

About one-in-ten ever-married adults in Arkansas and Oklahoma have had three or more spouses.
short readNov 10, 2009

Veterans Day

While Americans across the country honor the nation’s veterans today, most do not think the government gives enough support to soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
reportNov 9, 2009

The Army Base Massacre Dominates the Week

The U.S. unemployment rate jumped, the Afghan runoff election was cancelled and the House of Representatives passed a health care bill last week. But those stories all took a back seat to coverage of the killing spree at Fort Hood Texas, which quickly became a story about Islam and possibly, terrorism.
reportNov 9, 2009

Religious Landscape Survey Data Release

Data files from the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, including interviews with a representative sample of more than 35,000 U.S. adults, are now available to the public for further study and analysis.
reportNov 8, 2009

Tell the FDA the whole story, please

The FDA should hear about the reality of the information marketplace, which is increasingly mobile and social, not about the past failings of consumers to check the source and date of health information online.

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