Pew Research Center Staff

None of the participants in the debt ceiling negotiations escaped without at least some significant damage to their images.

Seven-in-ten online adults report watching videos on a video-sharing site like YouTube or Vimeo.

The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households, according to an analysis of newly available government data from 2009.

Since 2008, Republicans have significantly increased their advantage over Democrats among white registered voters.

Independent voters now match Democratic voters in number.

More than a third of adults own a smartphone.

A quarter of smartphone users go online mostly using their mobile device.

Fully 63% of fathers say, compared with 20 or 30 years ago, it is more difficult being a father today. Only about half of mothers agree.

Fully 87% of men ages 15-44 who have no children say they want to have children at some point.

Nearly half of non-profit news sites were ideological in nature.