A majority of Americans say relations between blacks and whites in the US have worsened under President Barack Obama, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The survey results come as an increasing number say discrimination against blacks is a very serious problem and concerns about bias in the criminal justice […] Read more »
The Racial Confidence Gap in Police Performance
The deep racial tensions seen in many areas of American life underlie how blacks and whites view police in their communities, as well as their reactions to the deadly encounters in recent years between blacks and law enforcement officers, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center. Only about […] Read more »
America Is Safer Than It Used to Be. So Why Do We Still Have Calls for ‘Law and Order’?
By its own historical standards, America circa 2016 is a safe place. The country’s violent crime rate is about half of what it was in 1991. Cities, in particular, have become markedly less dangerous. Less than half as many police officers are killed in the line of duty today as […] Read more »
Police violence a rising concern for Millennials, new poll shows
In the wake of highly publicized incidents of police shootings of African Americans this year, members of the Millennial generation increasingly identify police brutality and criminal-justice reform as a top priority for the next president. CONT. Susan Page & Fernanda Crescente, USA Today Read more »
Poll: Clinton Better Than Trump on Fixing Strained Race Relations
A plurality of Americans believe Democrat Hillary Clinton is the best equipped presidential candidate to deal with problems between police and African Americans, according to a new poll that shows voters with a bleak view of race relations in the country. CONT. Rebecca Ballhaus, Wall Street Journal Read more »
Negative views of race relations reach all-time high
Following the shooting of two black men by white police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota and the subsequent shooting of five police officers by a black gunman in Dallas, negative views of race relations in the U.S. have risen to a level not seen since the 1992 Los Angeles riots […] Read more »