Short Reads

Only 39% of Americans view building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border as a very or somewhat important goal.

Obama is on pace to become the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office.

While the idea of raising the minimum wage is broadly popular, efforts to do so at the national level have stalled. We gathered key facts looking at the issue.

Asian and Pacific Islander high school seniors are the most likely to say they like science, while blacks are the least likely.

There is no clear consensus among the Israeli public over whether settlements help the country’s security.

More than 40 years after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, 69% of Americans say the historic ruling should not be completely overturned.

Pew Research Center published 125 reports and more than 400 blog posts in 2016. Here were the ones that attracted the most readers.

At least four secretaries of state previously worked as top executives for large private-sector companies.

Just five states – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas – accounted for all 20 executions in the U.S. in 2016.

Health care policy, space and evolution led the way.