Short Reads

When it comes to choosing a house of worship, most Black Americans don’t prioritize denominational labels.

We thought it would be valuable to combine our study of news coverage itself with data on people’s views about, and exposure to, that coverage.

Americans’ views on foreign policy priorities differ based on a number of factors, including their attitudes toward international engagement.

About six-in-ten Americans (62%) say they favor raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, including 40% who strongly back the idea.

Here are five key findings about people’s attitudes toward systemic reforms in the U.S., France, Germany and the UK.

The vast majority of Asian Americans (81%) say violence against them is increasing, far surpassing the 56% of all U.S. adults who say the same.

Latinos agree that the U.S. immigration system needs an overhaul; large shares say it requires major changes or needs to be completely rebuilt.

Roughly 9.6 million U.S. workers lost their jobs during the COVID-19 downturn; only about 2.6 million EU workers lost jobs in this period.

Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in STEM jobs compared with their share of the U.S. workforce.

Here’s how the COVID-19 recession is affecting labor force participation and unemployment among American workers a year after its onset.