When is “celebrating” women not all that good for women? Let’s face it. Something tagged exclusively for or about women is all too often a revenue generating strategy alongside a way to deflect criticism about the lack of attention to women and an opportunity for the powers-that-be to say, “look […] Read more »
Immigrant Status Tied to Discrimination Among Hispanics
About one in 10 U.S. Hispanics say they have experienced discrimination because of their ethnicity over the past month in each of several locations — their place of work, in dealings with police, while getting healthcare and at an entertainment venue such as a bar or restaurant. Slightly fewer report […] Read more »
Proposals to Fix the American Economy
One of Gallup’s core missions is to measure and understand the attitudes of the American public on key policy issues of the day. In pursuit of that goal, Gallup recently began cataloging Americans’ attitudes about the potential effectiveness of specific proposals to fix the economy. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
Millennials’ Views Reveal Different Challenges for Each Party
Millennials aren’t just younger than other Americans. They are different. They have different views of President Barack Obama. Different views of the new Iran nuclear deal. Different views of the role of government in American society. A reminder of these differences lies in—in fact, jumps out from–the latest Wall Street […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s Sales Pitch
Donald Trump’s campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again!” A better one might be “Only in America.” You could not ask for a better illustration of the complexity of ordinary Americans’ attitudes toward class, wealth, and social identity than the fact that a billionaire’s popularity among working-class voters has given […] Read more »
Climate Battle Will Likely Divide Red and Blue States Down a Green Line
In the impending conflict over the Environmental Protection Agency carbon-reduction regulations President Obama will announce today, self-interest reinforces ideology. The conservative Republican-dominated red states most ideologically resistant to federal regulation in general also tend to be the states most reliant on carbon-intensive fuels (particularly coal) for their electricity. They’re also […] Read more »