Short Reads

While Americans say their nation’s colleges compare relatively well with those in other countries, they offer more negative assessments of U.S. public schools.

Republicans and Democrats give their own parties only mixed ratings for how well they do in standing up for some of their parties’ traditional positions.

More Muslim adults say they fast during Ramadan than say they pray five times a day or attend mosque weekly.

An estimated 36% of U.S. public primary schools had sworn officers on site at least once a week in the 2015-16 school year, up from 21% a decade earlier.

Donald Trump's victory in 2016 and the U.K. "Brexit" decision rattled public confidence in polls. Our new video explains why well-designed polls can be trusted.

A majority of Americans now say the Supreme Court should base its rulings on what the Constitution means today, representing a shift in public opinion.

Americans’ views of free trade agreements, which turned more negative during the 2016 campaign, are now about as positive as they were prior to the campaign.

U.S. foreign policy scholars are more concerned about climate change and less worried about ISIS and refugees than the U.S. public and general publics abroad.

Americans overwhelmingly support limits on political campaign spending, and most think new laws could effectively reduce the role of money in politics.

Black adults in the U.S. are more likely than most other Americans to read scripture regularly and to view it as the word of God.