Black women account for a small fraction of the federal judges who have served to date
Only 70 of the 3,843 people who have ever served as federal judges as of Feb. 1, 2022, have been Black women.
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Fast facts about views of China ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympics
Here are recent findings about Americans’ views of the diplomatic boycott and how people in the U.S. and around the world see China.
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More adults approve than disapprove of U.S. diplomatic boycott of Olympics; few have heard much about it
About nine-in-ten U.S. adults (91%) say they have heard little (46%) or nothing at all (45%) about the diplomatic boycott of the Olympics.
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In U.S., women more likely than men to report feeling empathy for those suffering
66% of women say that in the past year, they have personally thought at least some about big questions; 55% of men report the same.
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Key findings about Black immigrants in the U.S.
The number of Black immigrants living in the country reached 4.6 million in 2019, up from roughly 800,000 in 1980.
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Attention to COVID-19 news increased slightly amid omicron surge; partisans differ in views about the outbreak
37% of U.S. adults say they are following news about the coronavirus outbreak very closely. That is up from 31% in March 2021.
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Republicans and Democrats alike view Russia more as a competitor than an enemy of the U.S.
Amid tensions over a possible military invasion of Ukraine, Republicans and Democrats are largely in agreement about the threats posed by Russia.
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Americans broadly negative about the state of the nation, but most see a better year ahead
A majority of U.S. adults (61%) are optimistic that the new year will be better than the year that just ended.
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Four-in-ten countries and territories worldwide had blasphemy laws in 2019
79 countries and territories out of the 198 studied around the world (40%) had laws or policies in 2019 banning blasphemy.
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As inflation soars, a look at what’s inside the consumer price index
The CPI-U is the most widely cited inflation metric, so it’s worth popping the hood and looking inside to see how it works.
