Kim Parker contributed to this chapter. The COVID-19 pandemic sent shockwaves through the U.S. labor market. Businesses ...

Colleen McClain, Olivia Sidoti and Monica Anderson contributed to this chapter. For many Americans, life in the early days of ...

Eileen Yam and Giancarlo Pasquini contributed to this chapter. Five years after the pandemic began, Americans largely see ...

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) say the COVID-19 pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it ...

Michael Rotolo contributed to this chapter. The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on how religious communities gather ...

Most news influencers published posts about both candidates in summer and fall, and identical shares were more critical than ...

As Trump returns to the White House, Republicans are upbeat about Trump’s actions and agenda, but Democrats find little to ...

On issues as varied as education and crime, Americans often have a rosier view of how things are going in their communities ...

The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal ...

About three-quarters of Republicans (73%) expect the economy to be better a year into President Donald Trump’s second term, ...

The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) ...