Short Reads

Powerful storms, wildfires, heat waves and other extreme climate-related events are projected to become more common and affect more people.

During Merkel’s tenure, Germans have generally had more favorable views of their economy than other Europeans and Americans had of their own.

Roughly a quarter of American adults (23%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year.

Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.

Public polling estimates on COVID-19 vaccination have been within about 2.8 points, on average, of the CDC's calculated rate.

As the drive to inoculate more people continues, here are 10 facts about Americans and COVID-19 vaccines.

Here are some key takeaways for how the public engaged with Team USA on Twitter during the Tokyo Olympics.

A new analysis of survey data finds that there has been no large-scale departure from evangelicalism among White Americans.

There is minimal praise from other societies for how the United States and China are handling climate change.

The digital divide between Americans who have a disability and Americans who do not remains for some devices.