Why Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing religious group
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA AND CONRAD HACKETT […]
Strong men, caring women
Source: Pew Research Center By Kristi Walker, Kristen Bialik and Patrick van Kessel Honesty. Strength. Beauty. What traits does society value most in men and in women? What traits does society say men and women should […]
Does Israel want Syria’s Bashar al-Assad in power?
As Syrian forces close in on rebels in the south, experts say Israel likely to be at ease with Assad remaining in power. by Zena Tahhan President Assad has […]
No Peace after Islamic State: Foreign Powers Compete for a Slice of Syria
Islamic State has largely been defeated, but peace in Syria has not been achieved. On the contrary, without a common enemy, parties involved are now pursuing their own interests, […]
Majorities Say Government Does Too Little for Older People, the Poor and the Middle Class
Source: Pew Research Center Partisan, age gaps in views of government help for younger people Majorities of Americans say the federal government does not provide enough help for older people […]
More adults now share their living space, driven in part by parents living with their adult children
Source: Pew Research Center BY RICHARD FRY American adults are increasingly sharing a home with other adults with whom they are not romantically involved. This arrangement, known as “doubling up” or […]
More Americans oppose than favor increased offshore drilling
Source: Pew Research Center BY BRADLEY JONES Shell’s Perdido offshore drilling and production platform in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Houston. (Gary Tramontina/Corbis via Getty Images) More Americans now oppose […]
Non-believers turn to prayer in a crisis, poll finds
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, Religion correspondent Family and friends top the list of reasons to call on God, rather than global issues such as poverty or disasters For many […]
Women and men in both parties say sexual harassment allegations reflect ‘widespread problems in society’
Epigraph Say to the believing men that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Surely, Allah is well aware of what they do. […]
Worldwide, People Divided on Whether Life Today Is Better Than in the Past
Source: Pew Research Center Current economic conditions a key factor in assessing progress BY JACOB POUSHTER Fifty years ago, the world was a very different place. The United States and its […]
First-time internet users: Who they are and what they do when they get online
Source: Pew Research Center BY ANDREW PERRIN AND NICK BERTONI (Artur Debat/Getty Images) Decades after internet access became widely available, Pew Research Center surveys show […]
The share of Americans living without a partner has increased, especially among young adults
Source: Pew Research Center BY RICHARD FRY In the past 10 years, the share of U.S. adults living without a spouse or partner has climbed to 42%, up from 39% in […]
Americans deepest in poverty lost more ground in 2016
Source: Pew Research Center BY KRISTEN BIALIK Although the overall U.S. poverty rate declined and incomes rose rapidly for the second straight year in 2016, many poor Americans fell deeper into […]
Women are more concerned than men about gender discrimination in tech industry
Source: Pew Research Center BY KIM PARKER AND CARY FUNK Women in the U.S. are substantially more likely than men to say gender discrimination is a major problem in the technology industry, according […]
Supporters of stricter gun laws are less likely to contact elected officials
Source: Pew Research Center BY BAXTER OLIPHANT AND JOHN GRAMLICH Large majorities of Americans support several specific policies intended to limit access to guns, including expanded background checks and restrictions on sales to the mentally […]
Four-in-ten Americans credit technology with improving life most in the past 50 years
Source: Pew Research Center BY MARK STRAUSS When Americans are asked what has brought the biggest improvement to their lives in the past five decades, they name technology more than any […]
As U.S. marriage rate hovers at 50%, education gap in marital status widens
Source: Pew Research Center BY KIM PARKER AND RENEE STEPLER Half of U.S. adults today are married, a share that has remained relatively stable in recent years but is down 9 percentage points […]
More than half UK population has no religion, finds survey
Source: The Guardian British Social Attitudes survey shows generation gap on religious affiliation is widening with only 3% of adults under 24 describing themselves as Anglican The survey found that […]
Americans Are Opting For Cremation Over Burial At The Highest Rate Ever
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg The rate at which Americans are choosing to be cremated rather than buried after their death has been rising for many years. In 2016, that rate […]
Image of the United States has plunged under Trump, survey shows
Source: Yahoo News By Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) – The image of the United States has deteriorated sharply across the globe under President Donald Trump and an overwhelming majority of […]