As riots engulfed parts of Baltimore, and Americans everywhere were forced to confront police killings and other brutalities in minority communities, TV viewers and newspaper readers were exposed to a series of polls demonstrating the very different attitudes African-Americans and whites display toward our police. These statistics signal a crisis […] Read more »
Negative View of U.S. Race Relations Grows
Public perceptions of race relations in America have grown substantially more negative in the aftermath of the death of a young black man who was injured while in police custody in Baltimore and the subsequent unrest, far eclipsing the sentiment recorded in the wake of turmoil in Ferguson, Mo., last […] Read more »
Views on race relations hit two-decade low
Sixty-one percent of Americans now say race relations in the United States are bad, the highest percentage since 1992, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll, which finds that majorities of both whites and blacks now view race relations negatively. CONT. CBS News Read more »
U.S. Split Along Racial Lines on Backlash Against Police, Poll Finds
Americans are bracing for a summer of racial disturbances around the country, such as those that have wracked Baltimore, with African Americans and whites deeply divided about why the urban violence has occurred, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found. CONT. Janet Hook, Wall Street Journal Read more »
Blacks Less Satisfied With Local Police
While most Americans are satisfied with their local police departments, there are significant differences by race. The Monmouth University Poll found African-Americans and Latinos are more likely to report that a family member has been harassed by the police and African-Americans are particularly wary of police using military-grade equipment to […] Read more »
Enter Scott Walker, Stage Right
As Scott Walker has transformed himself from a three-time statewide winner in blue-leaning Wisconsin to a hard-right Republican primary candidate, he has jumped to the head of the pack in Iowa and New Hampshire. Walker’s re-creation of his political identity is a test of whether a Republican presidential candidate can […] Read more »