Katherine Schaeffer

Economic concepts aren’t always as understandable to the rest of us as they are to economists, and the jargon can be difficult to parse.

In Americans' views of some aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak, there is little, or only modest, partisan difference.

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

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

Regardless of how the runoff elections in Georgia go, the Senate will be closely divided next year. And that is part of a long-running trend.

At least 20 nations preceded the U.S. in granting women the right to vote, according to an analysis of measures in 198 countries and territories.

Most Americans (71%) have heard of a conspiracy theory that alleges that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak.

Here's what our surveys have found about how Americans across the age spectrum have experienced the coronavirus pandemic.

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

The last year the Postal Service recorded any profit was 2006, and its cumulative losses since then totaled $83.1 billion as of March 31.