The number of Americans seeing crime as an extremely serious problem in the United States is at a more than 20-year high, President Joe Biden is underwater in trust to handle it and broad majorities in an ABC News/Washington Post poll favor alternative crime-fighting strategies to address it. A sweeping […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Half of voters are unfamiliar with critical race theory
As critical race theory continues to be hotly debated among parents, educators, and politicians across the country, a Fox News Poll finds that half are unfamiliar with the concept. The survey, released Friday, shows many registered voters are unacquainted with CRT: 49 percent are extremely or very familiar, while 41 […] Read more »
All recent US population growth comes from people of color, new census estimates show
As we await the final 2020 census statistics for America’s race and ethnic populations (due later this summer), newly released Census Bureau estimates compiled independently of the 2020 census suggest something unprecedented: The 2010s could be the first decade when the nation’s white population registered an absolute loss. These new […] Read more »
How Juneteenth support grew among young Americans
Forty-one years ago, the state of Texas recognized Juneteenth as a holiday. This week the U.S. government followed suit. … Before 2000, only four states recognized Juneteenth: Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and Minnesota. But the first decade of the 21st century brought a rush of states that added the holiday, 31 […] Read more »
Recent Polling Data Shows Why Nearly 2/3 Of Americans Oppose Cash Reparations
NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Tatishe Nteta of University of Massachusetts, Amherst about his poll showing that nearly 2/3 of Americans oppose cash reparations for the descendants of enslaved people. NPR News Read more »
Most Americans Know About the Juneteenth Holiday
Most states officially observe June 19 in some way to mark the abolition of slavery in the U.S. As the date approaches this year, a new Gallup poll finds just over a third of Americans report having a lot (12%) or some knowledge (25%) about the “Juneteenth” celebration. Another 34% […] Read more »