by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 9, 2023 | Feature|News
Two cents. That’s the amount of progress made in closing the gender pay gap during the last two decades, according to a Pew Research Center report published March 1. In 2002, U.S. women earned $0.80 (median hourly earnings) for every $1.00 earned by U.S. men. Twenty...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 7, 2023 | Feature|News
A majority of U.S. adults affirms the morality of religious leaders, according to a YouGov report published February 11. Just over half (53%) says religious leaders are very (18%) or somewhat (35%) moral, while 30% feel religious leaders are very (12%) or somewhat...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 3, 2023 | Feature|News
The impacts of climate change and a global pandemic that strained health systems, economies, mental health and family finances had another significant impact: “an explosion of inequality.” This is a key finding of a report from Oxfam International published in...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 27, 2023 | Feature|News
The U.S. prison population decreased from 2020 to 2021, while the jail population increased, according to reports published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics in late-December 2022. At the end of 2021, there were 1,204,300 people in U.S. prisons, a 1% decline from...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 23, 2023 | Feature|News
Neary half (46%) of all U.S. adults say they are dissatisfied with the nation’s abortion laws and want less strict regulations, according to a Gallup report published February 10. This is the highest percentage in polling history, a 16-point increase from 2022 and a...
