John Gramlich

Here is a roundup of Americans’ views of the court, perceptions of its ideology, the history of confirmations and justices’ backgrounds.

52% of Republicans say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in K-12 public school principals to act in the public’s best interests.

Only 70 of the 3,843 people who have ever served as federal judges as of Feb. 1, 2022, have been Black women.

Black men are now on par with American Indian or Alaska Native men as the demographic groups most likely to die from overdoses.

A year later, here’s a look back at how Americans saw the events of Jan. 6 and how some partisan divisions grew wider over time.

Americans are closely divided over whether people convicted of crimes spend too much, too little or about the right amount of time in prison.

The U.S. Border Patrol reported more than 1.6 million encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2021 fiscal year.

The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century.

Unvaccinated Americans are less likely to be concerned about health effects of COVID-19 and to wear masks in businesses all or most of the time.

As the drive to inoculate more people continues, here are 10 facts about Americans and COVID-19 vaccines.