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A small-business owner organizes display tables at her yarn shop in Boston. (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Most U.S. adults (86%) say small businesses have a positive effect on the way things are going in the country these days, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Small businesses, in fact, receive by […]
(Andersen Ross Photography Inc/Getty Images) More Black Americans say health outcomes for Black people in the United States have improved over the past 20 years than say outcomes have worsened, according to a 2021 Pew Research Center survey. A majority of Black adults also say that their most recent experiences with the health care system […]
(FG Trade/Getty Images) Black Americans have long had a complex relationship with the news media. In 1967, the Kerner Commission – a panel established by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate the causes of more than 150 urban riots in the United States – sharply criticized the media’s treatment of Black Americans. More than 50 years later, there […]
The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth. And Black eligible voters stand out for turnout rates that are higher than among Latino and Asian eligible voters. Black voters could play an important role in determining the outcome […]
Angel C. Dye (left) celebrates her graduation from Howard University in Washington, D.C., with her friend Renee Walter on May 13, 2017. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 47.9 million in 2022, up about a third (32%) since 2000, […]
Ash Wednesday at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Catholics are one of the largest religious groups in the United States, outnumbering any single Protestant denomination. The U.S. has more Catholics than all but three other countries – Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines – according to the […]
Black immigrants are a growing share of the country’s population and make up 8% of all immigrants. Nearly half (47%) of Black immigrants in the U.S. are from the Caribbean, while about four in ten (43%) are from sub-Saharan Africa, with smaller shares coming from South America and . . .
A customer shops for a handgun at a gun store in Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Guns are deeply ingrained in American society and the nation’s political debates. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms, and about a third of U.S. adults say they personally own a gun. At […]
Faith leaders pray over then-President Donald Trump during an “Evangelicals for Trump” campaign event held at the King Jesus International Ministry on Jan. 3, 2020, in Miami. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) For most of the last decade, observers have been trying to understand why so many highly religious Americans have a favorable view of Donald Trump, […]
Let’s start with the definition: Reparation noun the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged Now, learn even more about reparations in terms of politics and restorative justice. This selection of documentaries explore what reparations are, why they were made and […]