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Many in Developing Nations Struggle to Afford Food

As Secretary of State John Kerry visits the Middle East this week in the hope of reinvigorating the dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace process, he will confront considerable public skepticism in the region about the prospects for peace.

Despite questions raised about the program, a majority of Americans continue to support the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists.

Different outcomes in different polls about the subpoenas served on the Associated Press in a Justice Department leak investigation were a case study in the challenges pollsters face in a breaking news environment when public attention and information is relatively limited.

In recent years, natural disasters around the world have been chronicled by a new kind of visual journalism, often produced by citizen eyewitnesses and posted to the video sharing site YouTube. These videos represent a way of “crowdsourcing” a dramatic breaking news event, frequently before professional journalists can arrive on the scene.

While Americans increasingly see the tax system in need of repair, there is no consensus about its biggest shortcomings.

Three-in-four Americans say they think the immigration system needs “major changes” or “to be completely rebuilt.”