Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and an American hero. Almost every American adult (95%) believes he was an important figure in American history in CBS News polling. But it wasn’t always that way. The fact that King is now beloved and has a national holiday commemorating […] Read more »
New York State: 52% of Voters Say Minority New Yorkers Have Same Opportunities to Succeed as White New Yorkers
As we approach Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2022, a small majority of voters, 52 percent, think that minority New Yorkers have the same opportunities as white New Yorkers, while 41 percent think they do not. Although a majority of Democrats and an overwhelming majority of Blacks say minority New […] Read more »
Americans’ Views of Race Issues Including Critical Race Theory, Systemic Racism and Reparations
As the U.S. enters the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, new results from a national University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll shed light on Americans’ racial views and their attitudes toward critical race theory. The poll found that over half of Americans (53%) believe that white people in the U.S. […] Read more »
Inside America’s Polarized Views on Race
Debates about race have frequently dominated news coverage in (and about) the United States, often following acts of racial violence or legal proceedings against their perpetrators. But while Americans’ attention to issues of race continues to ebb and flow with the news, there seems to be little agreement among citizens […] Read more »
City polls show Black, white Americans divide in views on being treated differently due to race
… As part of our first-of-its-kind CityView series, Suffolk University and USA TODAY have been collaborating to poll residents of large American cities about the issues facing them—with a focus on perception of race in America. Over the last several months, we’ve polled the residents of Milwaukee, Detroit, Los Angeles, […] Read more »
Why A ‘Sister Souljah Moment’ Won’t Save Biden
Joe Biden needs a “Sister Souljah Moment.” At least, that’s according to the quickly congealing conventional wisdom in Washington. That is, Biden and Democrats are in dire danger of losing control of Congress next year, and the one thing that could save them would be by bashing someone to Biden’s […] Read more »