How Americans view racial diversity ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary
75% of U.S. adults see diversity as a good thing for the country, but Democrats and Republicans differ sharply on how diversity impacts the country’s culture.
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Declining Newspaper Circulation
Daily newspaper circulation is down 10.6% compared with the same period a year earlier.
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Economic Woes
Fully 70% of Americans say they have faced one or more job or financial-related problems in the past year, up from 59% in February 2009.
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We Can Work it Out
Eight-in-ten Americans say Democrats and Republicans in Congress are not working together.
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Deficit Neutral
Americans are evenly split on whether spending more to help the economy recover or reducing the federal deficit should be a higher government priority.