Americans now see reducing the budget deficit as a higher priority for the president and Congress to address than in recent years. But strengthening the economy continues to be the public’s top policy priority.

Mental health concerns top the list of worries for parents, followed by concerns about their children being bullied. The vast majority of parents say being a parent is enjoyable and rewarding all or most of the time, but substantial shares also find it tiring and stressful.

Most Black adults (63%) say voting is an extremely or very effective strategy for Black progress; only 42% say the same of protesting.

A quarter of voting members of the U.S. Congress identify their race or ethnicity as something other than non-Hispanic White.

Around two-thirds of Black Democrats (66%) say that whether someone is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.

Across 49 focus groups with Asian immigrants, daily challenges related to speaking English emerged as a common theme. Participants also shared frustration, stress and at times sadness in dealing with cultural and language barriers, and described support they received from others.

65% of Americans overall see clinical trials as very important, despite the time such trials add to the process of developing new treatments.

Overall, 30% of U.S. adults say descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. should be repaid in some way. 68% say they should not be repaid.

About half of Black adults (52%) say racism in U.S. laws is the bigger problem for Black people, while 43% cite racism by individuals.

U.S. Hispanics’ policy views do not always align with those of non-Latinos in the same party, recent surveys have found.