by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 7, 2022 | News
A majority of U.S. adults (58%) do not want to see the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision overturned, while a similar majority (55%) identify as “pro-choice,” according to two Gallup reports published June 2. The percentage who wants Roe to remain in place is...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 6, 2022 | News
There were 5,500,600 adults in the U.S. correctional system at the end of 2020, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics report published in late March 2022. This is the lowest level since 1996, when 5,531,200 adults were in the system, and it continues more than a...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 3, 2022 | News
A strong majority (71%) of U.S. adults “think marriages between same-sex couples should … be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages,” according to a Gallup report published June 1. This is the third year in a row that the...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 31, 2022 | News
The close relationships of most U.S. adults tend to be very homogenous, according to a Public Religion Research Institute report published May 24. Across all respondents, the average U.S. adult has 4.2 people (out of a possible total of seven) with whom they...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 24, 2022 | News
Multiple climate change indicators reached record levels in 2020 and 2021, according to a World Meteorological Organization report published May 18. Sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification, as well as greenhouse gas concentrations, all reached record levels...
