About four-in-ten Americans (42%) say highly skilled workers should be given top priority to legally immigrate to the U.S.

Long-term analysis of 198 countries and territories shows government restrictions on religion and social hostilities toward ...

In 2022, global median scores on the Center’s Government Restrictions and Social Hostilities Indexes mirrored 2021. But some ...

Egypt, India, Pakistan, Iran and Nigeria had the highest overall levels of restrictions on religion, among the 25 most ...

In 2022, governments and/or social actors harassed religious groups in 192 countries and territories out of the 198 analyzed ...

Background Affirmative action can be traced to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. It is an effort to increase ...

Of the 198 places analyzed, 24 scored “very high” in our measure of government restrictions, up from 19 in 2021. For social ...

Most Americans say the minimum age to buy a gun should be raised to 21, though Democrats are more likely to say this than ...

Americans’ support for legalizing marijuana has been increasing, but support varies by whether it’s for medical or ...

All told, more than 90% of Biden’s total acts of clemency have now come in his last fiscal year in office – the period ...

A majority of Americans say freedom of the press is important to the well-being of society; college graduates are most likely ...

Majorities of Americans in both parties say immigrants in the country illegally should not receive state and local government ...