The public’s views of local job availability continue to improve. Currently, 50% of Americans say there are plenty of jobs available in their communities – the highest number saying that jobs are plentiful in Pew Research Center surveys dating to 2001. … However, the public’s brighter outlook on jobs has […] Read more »
Poll finds one-third of Latinos say they have experienced discrimination in their jobs and when seeking housing
This report is part of a series titled “Discrimination in America.” The series is based on a survey conducted for National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. While many surveys have explored Americans’ beliefs about discrimination, this survey asks people about […] Read more »
Majority Of White Americans Say They Face Discrimination
A majority of whites say discrimination against them exists in America today, according to a poll released Tuesday from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. … David Cohen, a political scientist at the University of Akron, said the finding that a […] Read more »
Most Americans Think Their Own Group Faces Discrimination
Majorities in many ethnic, identity and racial groups in America believe that discrimination exists against their own group, across many areas of people’s daily lives, according to a poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. CONT. Joe Neel, NPR Read more »
How Progressives Can & Must Engage on NAFTA Renegotiations
Trade stands out from every other policy issue because Donald Trump’s unhappiness with the status quo is shared by virtually all progressive advocacy groups and nearly all Democratic Members of Congress who are otherwise fighting Trump every day. It is urgent for progressives to engage on trade because Trump has […] Read more »
Public Sees U.S. Trade Policy as Not Serving Public, But Multinational Corporations
In a two wave trend line poll conducted shortly after the election and then again this month, seven in ten US voters consistently said that US trade policymakers give too little consideration to the American people, people like them, or the American economy, but do fully take into account the […] Read more »