Violence and prejudice against Asian Americans have increased markedly in recent months. While the United States has a long history of bigotry against immigrants of color going back to the late 19th century, the growing hostility toward people of Asian origin in the wake of the devastating coronavirus pandemic casts […] Read more »
Why Public Opinion Changed So Dramatically On Same-Sex Marriage
During the span of 25 years, same-sex marriage went from being an unimaginable idea to settled law. During a shorter period — just about a decade — it went from being one of the most high-pitched culture war debates to something that politicians and activists hardly talk about. … For […] Read more »
How Far Are Republicans Willing to Go? They’re Already Gone.
Determined to enforce white political dominance in pivotal states like Georgia, Arizona, Texas and North Carolina, Republicans are enacting or trying to enact laws restricting the right to vote, empowering legislatures to reject election outcomes and adopting election rules and procedures designed to block the emergence of multiracial political majorities. […] Read more »
Most Americans Favor the Death Penalty Despite Concerns About Its Administration
The use of the death penalty is gradually disappearing in the United States. Last year, in part because of the coronavirus outbreak, fewer people were executed than in any year in more than three decades. Yet the death penalty for people convicted of murder continues to draw support from a […] Read more »
Pausing To Reflect: Emerging from the pandemic into a more expansive summer
This is Memorial Day weekend. Truly a transitional point of the year. … There is much cause for optimism. We find ourselves in a markedly different place than last year. COVID is receding, Americans are making plans to travel and get out more than they did during the pandemic. Many […] Read more »
Increasing discrimination against Asian Americans a major concern
A majority of Americans think discrimination against Asian Americans has increased over the past year, and many are concerned that incidents of violence are up as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Most Asian Americans feel unsafe in public because of their race at least sometimes. Sixty percent of Americans […] Read more »