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The Pew-Knight Initiative will deliver a comprehensive, real-time look at the information landscape from the standpoints of both consumers and producers of news.

Around eight-in-ten adults in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam say both men and women should be primarily responsible for earning money.

While Black-owned businesses have grown significantly in the U.S. in recent years, they still make up a small share of overall firms and revenue.

74% of Americans view the war between Russia and Ukraine as important to U.S. national interests – with 43% describing it as very important.

Among adults ages 18 to 34, 69% of those who have never been married say they want to get married one day.

The U.S. Border Patrol had nearly 250,000 encounters with migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico in December 2023.

76% of Black adults say they at least sometimes get news on TV, compared with 62% of both White and Hispanic adults and 52% of Asian adults.

The share of adults who say their side is losing more often than winning is up 15 percentage points since early 2020.

Overall, 69% of Americans say they are married (51%), living with a partner (11%), or otherwise in a committed romantic relationship (8%).

Around six-in-ten U.S. atheists are men (64%). And seven-in-ten are ages 49 or younger, compared with about half of U.S. adults overall (52%).