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About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment.

Recent pandemic migrants are more likely than those who moved earlier in the outbreak to have relocated due to financial stress.

Unified government at the beginning of a president’s first term has been the norm, especially for Democratic presidents.

About one-fifth of those Americans who have experienced online harassment say they believe they were targeted because of their religion.

White eligible voters were somewhat more likely to say they were contacted than Black, Hispanic or English-speaking Asian eligible voters.

Americans voted in record numbers in last year’s presidential election, casting nearly 158.4 million ballots.

124 lawmakers today identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native American, a 97% increase over the 107th Congress of 2001-02.

Americans are more likely to support than oppose banning Donald Trump's social media accounts, but views are divided along political lines.

52% of employed parents with children younger than 12 say it has been difficult to handle child care responsibilities during the pandemic.

A majority of workers in only four out of nine industries studied say that the responsibilities of their job can be done from home.