Short Reads

As of August 2022, the College of Cardinals will have 132 voting members, 40% of whom are European, down from 52% in 2013. 

A median of 55% of adults in 18 surveyed countries have confidence in Kamala Harris to do the right thing regarding world affairs.

As the nation’s post-Roe chapter begins and the legal battle shifts to the states, here are key facts about Americans’ views on abortion.

Black Americans are critical of key aspects of policing and criminal justice. But their views on face recognition technology are more nuanced.

55% of journalists surveyed say that every side does not always deserve equal coverage in the news. 22% of Americans overall say the same.

67% of U.S. adults express a favorable view of the Israeli people; a much smaller share (48%) says the same about the Israeli government.

Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.

Here are key findings from our research on the relationship between religion and government in the U.S. and Americans’ views on the issue.

Americans’ views vary when it comes to how they see the United States’ standing in the world and the state of its democracy.

Here are five facts about political content on Twitter, such as the content and nature of these posts.