Short Reads

Gay, lesbian and bisexual adults are substantially less likely than straight adults to affiliate with a religious group or to attend religious services weekly.

In 2016, a third of unauthorized immigrant adults were proficient in English – up from a quarter in 2007.

The share of Euroskeptic members of the European Parliament jumped to 29% in 2014. That's up from 17% in 1979.

A key U.S. fertility rate has reached a record low for the fourth year in a row. But is it really a record low? The short answer: It’s complicated.

Attitudes vary considerably by race on issues including crime, policing, the death penalty, parole decisions and voting rights.

Learn how Europeans in 10 EU member states feel about key institutions and issues ahead of European Parliament elections.

Proposals to change the U.S. immigration system have received renewed attention under the Trump administration. Read key details about U.S. immigration programs.

Most American adults (82%) say Muslims are subject to at least some discrimination in the U.S. today, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March – including a majority (56%) who say Muslims are discriminated against a lot.

Partisan divides in America are as wide as they’ve ever been in the modern political era. But what about those who identify as independents?

As of the end of 2017, 57% of 167 countries with populations of at least 500,000 were democracies of some kind, and only 13% were autocracies.