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The 30-year low reflects in part tight labor markets and falling unemployment, but also higher shares of young women at work or in school.

Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely than white Americans to say it’s acceptable for professional athletes to publicly address political issues.

Both violent and property crime in the U.S. have declined over the long term, but Americans regularly say crime is up.

Columbus Day is one of the most inconsistently celebrated U.S. holidays. Fewer than half of U.S. states give their employees the day as a paid holiday.

A majority of U.S. adults can answer fewer than half the questions correctly on a digital knowledge quiz, and many struggle with certain cybersecurity and privacy questions

Religion in public schools has long been a controversial issue. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1962 that teachers and administrators cannot lead prayers in public schools, and a decision in 2000 barred school districts from sponsoring student-led prayers at football games. At the same time, the court has held that students retain a First […]

More than 55 years after the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling striking down school-sponsored prayer, Americans continue to fight over the place of religion in public schools. Questions about religion in the classroom no longer make quite as many headlines as they once did, but the issue remains an important battleground in the broader […]

Amid questions over e-cigarettes and public health, here’s a look at what data shows about vaping in the U.S.

Roughly a quarter of American adults say they haven’t read a book in the past year. Who are these non-book readers?

Americans are spreading their book consumption across several formats, and the use of audiobooks is on the rise.