Majorities express confidence in how the CDC and state and local officials are responding to the outbreak.
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Police officers in the United States still make more arrests for marijuana offenses than for any other drug, according to FBI data.
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.
Most states in the U.S. allow children to be exempt from vaccinations due to religious concerns.
California is one of 11 states that have the death penalty but haven’t used it in more than a decade
More than a third of the states that allow executions haven’t carried one out in at least 10 years or, in some cases, much longer.
Data from the past 50 years reveal the upward yet uneven trajectory of black political leadership in America.
At a time of growing stress on democracy around the world, Americans generally agree on democratic ideals and values that are important for the United States.
God or the divine is mentioned at least once in each of the 50 state constitutions and nearly 200 times overall.
In 2015, about 126,000 prisoners were held in privately operated facilities under the jurisdiction of 29 states and the federal Bureau of Prisons.
One hundred years after Jeannette Rankin became the first female member of the U.S. Congress, women remain underrepresented in political and business leadership.
