Short Reads

Though the revenue involved and amount of content produced are nowhere near what comes through the more mainstream media, crowdfunding can help bring to reality work that might otherwise not see the light of day.

In an era of head-snapping racial, social, cultural, economic, religious, gender, generational and technological change, Americans have been sorting themselves into think-alike communities that reflect not only their politics but their demographics.

Religion has long been entangled in America's politics and its political campaigns.

The phrase “spiritual but not religious” has become widely used in recent years by some Americans who are trying to describe their religious identity.

Large-scale refugee flows and lack of progress in slowing global warming are the top risks that the world faces in the coming decade, according to a survey by the World Economic Forum of executives and experts.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected in April to hear a lawsuit by Texas and 25 other states that seeks to block presidential executive actions offering deportation relief and work permits to unauthorized immigrants.

A Pew Research Center analysis of the most visited pages in each language in 2015 tells a story about how the various versions are used.

What the data show on bullying, drug and alcohol use, depression, violence and other common sources of parental concern.

Many are in an “It depends” frame of mind when they consider this central trade-off in the digital era.

Perhaps no measure better captures the public’s sentiment toward the president than job approval. It dates back to the earliest days of public opinion polling, when George Gallup asked about Franklin D. Roosevelt starting in the 1930s.