Short Reads

The U.S. Border Patrol reported more than 1.6 million encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2021 fiscal year.

The growing gender gap in higher education – in enrollment and graduation rates – has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent months.

As of the third quarter of 2021, 50.3% of U.S. adults 55 and older said they were out of the labor force due to retirement.

Hiring by the self-employed has fallen since 2019, with the cutbacks emanating mainly from businesses run by men.

Most people view their own government’s record on personal freedoms more favorably than they do when it comes to the U.S. and especially China.

Concerns about racial and ethnic discrimination are widespread in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed this spring.

While Americans see some aspects of U.S. power more positively than people elsewhere, they offer more negative views in other areas.

Recent surveys have documented how people around the world view the issue of climate change and international responses.

The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century.

Here are some recent survey findings about Joe Biden, the pope, the debate over whether the president should receive Communion, and more.