Political Issues

Average tariff rates, while useful for comparison, can obscure the wide range of rates imposed on different classes of imports and on specific products.

The Trump administration’s plans to impose $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports, as well as tariffs recently placed on imported steel and aluminum and on imports of solar panels and washing machines, mark a distinct break from decades of U.S. trade policy, which long has generally favored lower tariffs and fewer restrictions on the movement of goods and services across international borders.

Science-related Facebook pages draw millions of followers but feature more posts with ‘news you can use’ or ads than scientific discoveries

Fifteen years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the American public is divided over whether using military force was the right decision.

Read key findings from an analysis that looks into the public's interest in guns as potential consumer products, rather than as a subject of general interest.

The American workplace remains segregated by gender, and women in majority-male workplaces are more likely than other women to report gender discrimination.

Last fall, large shares of Italians said they distrust parliament, that the national economic situation is bad and that politicians don’t care what people like them think.

Generational differences have long been a factor in U.S. politics. These divisions are now as wide as they have been in decades, with the potential to shape politics well into the future.

Last year, more than half of U.S. adults said they would oppose allowing teachers and officials to carry guns in K-12 schools.

Immigrants with past criminal convictions accounted for 74% of all arrests made by ICE agents in fiscal 2017.