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A median of 62% of adults across the 14 countries surveyed this summer generally believe most people can be trusted.

The two primary sources of government crime statistics both paint an incomplete picture, though efforts at improvement are underway.

Concern about genetically modified foods is widespread, with about half of people in 20 publics saying these foods are unsafe to eat.

When asked to describe how the COVID-19 outbreak has affected them negatively, Democrats and Republicans are divided on the subject of masks.

As school districts across the United States continue to grapple with the best way to provide instruction amid the coronavirus outbreak, most parents of students in K-12 schools express concern about their children falling behind in school because of disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Across 13 countries, people’s assessments of how well their country had handled the coronavirus outbreak were closely tied to partisanship.

About eight-in-ten Americans (79%) say news organizations tend to favor one side when presenting the news on political and social issues.

Half of U.S. adults say colleges and universities that brought students back to campus made the right decision, while 48% say they did not.

A large majority of U.S. adults (86%) say there is some kind of lesson or set of lessons for humankind to learn from the pandemic, and about a third of Americans (35%) say the lessons were sent by God.

After months of living amid a pandemic, many Americans expect their lives to remain changed even after the COVID-19 outbreak is over.