Dylann Roof has confessed to the murder of nine people at a South Carolina church Wednesday, according to officials. And one of Roof’s friends has said that Roof wanted to start a race war — the kind of sentiment that’s common in the avowed white supremacist crowd. But just how […] Read more »
Views of Race Relations as Top Problem Still Differ by Race
Black Americans’ mentions of race relations as the most important problem facing the U.S. reached 15% in the last quarter of 2014, up from 3% at the beginning of that year. Mentions have remained relatively high since, averaging 13% in the most recent quarter, from April to June 2015. Since […] Read more »
Multiracial in America: Proud, Diverse and Growing in Numbers
Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and demographic change in the U.S.—young, proud, tolerant and growing at a rate three times as fast as the population as a whole. As America becomes more racially diverse and social taboos against interracial marriage fade, a new Pew Research Center […] Read more »
Obama approval heads downhill
President Barack Obama’s job approval numbers are sinking as American attitudes about the nation’s progress have taken a turn for the worse, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Economy Trumps Foreign Affairs as Key 2016 Election Issue
Eighty-six percent of Americans say the economy will be extremely or very important to their vote next year, a significantly higher percentage than for any other issue. Concerns about terrorism rank high at 74% with foreign affairs further down the list at 61%. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Deep Divide Between Black and White Americans on Criminal Justice System’s Racial Equality
… Approximately four in ten (41%) Americans overall agree that blacks and other minorities receive equal treatment as whites in the criminal justice system, compared to a slim majority (51%) who disagree. Perceptions of the fairness of the criminal justice system are heavily influenced by race, with nearly a 30-percentage […] Read more »