Short Reads

Black adults were much more likely than whites and somewhat more likely than Hispanic adults to frequently discuss the pandemic with others.

Our latest Methods 101 video explains the basics of machine learning and how it allows our researchers to analyze data on a large scale.

Black Americans stand out from other racial and ethnic groups in their attitudes toward key health care questions associated with the pandemic.

Black adults are about five times as likely as whites to say they’ve been unfairly stopped by police because of their race or ethnicity.

Americans are divided in their outlooks, mainly along ideological lines, but are more united on opinions about China’s place in the world.

Amid the back-and-forth between Twitter and President Trump, here are facts about Americans’ attitudes toward social media companies.

A majority of online daters report being either very or somewhat concerned about how much data such services collect about them.

Americans’ confidence in checking COVID-19 information aligns closely with their confidence in checking the accuracy of news stories broadly.

Nearly a quarter of all U.S. deaths attributed to the coronavirus have been in just 12 congressional districts.

Americans expect China’s international reputation will suffer because of how the country has handled the coronavirus outbreak.