A recent Pew Research Center study from the Pew-Knight Initiative examined how Americans decide what “news” means to them.

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

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

Americans are now more likely to say they trust information from news organizations and social media sites than they were ...

Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. The share of adults who said “most people can be trusted” declined from 46% in 1972 to 34% in 2018, according to the General Social ...

May 25 marks five years since George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed by a White police officer in Minneapolis. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was found guilty on charges of murder and ...

Amid a downbeat economic outlook and sagging consumer confidence, Americans’ views about their personal financial situation have remained relatively stable over the past year. A majority say they’re ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ eating behaviors and priorities. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,123 U.S. adults from Feb. 24 to March 2, 2025. Everyone who took ...

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ABOUT PEW RESEARCH CENTER Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It does not take policy ...

ABOUT PEW RESEARCH CENTER Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It does not take policy ...