Baby Boomers – adults born between 1946 and 1964 – will soon reach a milestone, when the oldest members of this generation turn 80.

Today, most Americans subscribe to home broadband internet and own a smartphone, while about four-in-ten say they're online almost constantly.

Featured story The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which started publishing in the late 1700s and won a Pulitzer Prize as recently as 2019, will shut down on May 3. Its unionized workers recently ended a ...

Overall, 50% of adults disapprove of the Trump administration’s approach to immigration, including 36% who strongly ...

What keeps us going In September 2017, we asked thousands of Americans where they find meaning in life. Their responses were rich, thoughtful and varied, and we have selected 100 to share with you in ...

After peaking in 2004, the annual number of international adoptions to the United States has fallen by 94% as of 2023, according to the most recent available U.S. State Department data. The State ...

Americans have long believed that major political donors and special interests have too much influence on politics and that ordinary people have too little influence. Most see voting as the best way ...

As concerns around the state of the economy and inflation continue, about eight-in-ten registered voters (81%) say the economy will be very important to their vote in the 2024 presidential election.

Notes: Data and designations from the United Nations Population Division as of 2013. Countries included are the 193 U.N. member states and three nonmember states: Cook Islands, Holy See and Niue. Data ...

Americans’ negative feelings about politics today and elected officials extend to their views about the quality of the people who run for office and the reasons why they do. For the most part, these ...

This chapter explores Americans’ views on which groups of immigrants who are in the country illegally should be deported, where arrests should be allowed, and whether police should be able to check a ...

Negative views of China have increased substantially since 2018. Today, 67% of Americans have “cold” feelings toward China on a “feeling thermometer,” rating the country less than 50 on a 0 to 100 ...