Many U.S. workers are seeing bigger paychecks in pandemic era, but gains aren’t spread evenly
American workers in some sectors and industries are seeing far smaller wage gains than those in others.
Drew DeSilver
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Gasoline costs more these days, but price spikes have a long history and happen for a host of reasons
Americans are acutely sensitive to gasoline prices, especially when they’re on the rise. But looking just at the recent rise can be misleading.
Q&A: How Pew Research Center studied gig workers in the U.S.
A recent Center survey focused on gig platform work. Here is more information about how we crafted the survey and what we learned from it.
Inflation has risen around the world, but the U.S. has seen one of the biggest increases
Third-quarter 2021 inflation was higher in nearly all (39) of the 46 nations analyzed than in the pre-pandemic third quarter of 2019.
States have mandated vaccinations since long before COVID-19
Republican- and Democratic-led states alike already require hundreds of thousands of citizens to be vaccinated against various diseases.
With extreme weather events and other disasters on the rise, how well are Americans prepared?
Powerful storms, wildfires, heat waves and other extreme climate-related events are projected to become more common and affect more people.
With his resignation, New York’s Cuomo joins small group of U.S. governors forced out against their will
Only 21 of the nearly 2,400 people who have served as a state governor since U.S. independence have resigned under pressure.
Congress is off to a slow start in 2021, much as it has been in previous years
The 117th Congress’ total legislative output stands at 36 laws – only 30 of which count, by our criteria, as substantive legislation.
As national eviction ban expires, a look at who rents and who owns in the U.S.
Renters headed 36% of U.S. households in 2019. Young people, racial and ethnic minorities, and those with lower incomes are more likely to rent.
More U.S. locations experimenting with alternative voting systems
We identified 261 U.S. jurisdictions that have adopted some voting method other than the winner-take-all system most American voters know.
