A recent Pew Research Center study from the Pew-Knight Initiative examined how Americans decide what “news” means to them. The study included a nationally representative surve ...

Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. We explore why this is, and why some are more trusting than ...

About half of Americans (48%) say they have emergency or rainy day funds that would cover their expenses for three months.

About half of U.S. adults say healthiness of food is important when deciding what to eat. But taste and cost matter more.

The shares of Americans who say they know and trust their neighbors have both decreased slightly in recent years. In 2018, 31 ...

Most White evangelicals (72%) say they approve of how Trump is doing as president. Other religious groups are more divided or ...

The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Christopher St. Aubin, ...

Americans have expressed skepticism that attention to racial issues after Floyd's killing led to changes that improved Black people's lives.