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Good News For LGBT Equality: Gay Marriage No Longer A Top Election Concern, Poll Finds

Posted 04.19.2012

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Good news for same-sex couples aspiring to tie the knot: a new survey has found that gay marriage ranks low among the top concerns of voters ahead of ...

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Pew Research Survey: Americans Know More Than You Think

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- While some pollsters and journalists have recently argued that "voters are stupid," a new national survey shows that most Americans can,...

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Latinos Love Social Media and We're Good at It!

Monique Frausto | Posted 02.01.2012

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The world and technology will continue to evolve. Latinos will be part of this. . The future is literally in our hands.

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A Pluraity Think Media Has Been Fair To Herman Cain

Posted 01.08.2012

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Most Americans think recent media coverage of Herman Cain's sexual harassment troubles has been fair, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Ce...

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Why Republican Polls Go Up, Down, Up, Down

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Republican Primary, Michele Bachmann, Pollster Analysis, Republican Presidential Polls, Herman Cain, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Pew Research, Rick Perry, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- National polls on the Republican presidential race have ridden the roller coaster this year. The ups and downs have been dizzying, but t...

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Americans Admit Using Their Phones To Avoid Others

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 10.16.2011

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A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project offers a glimpse into how Americans are using their cellphones, from looking up informatio...

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The Two Most Popular Online Activities--Still

The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 10.09.2011

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The most popular activities online among American Internet users remain search and email, according to new research from the Pew Internet and American...

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Study: Health Shrinks Prosperity Gap

Posted 10.08.2011

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Whoever coined the phrase "your health is your wealth" may have been on to something. While the Pew Research Center's recent report on the wealth gap ...

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1 In 4 Americans Watches A Video Online Every Day (STATS)

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 09.25.2011

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These days, it seems like everyone and their mother has a video on YouTube. While that may not be true (yet!), it appears from a new study released by...

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A Look At Who Owns Smartphones--And What People Do With Them

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 09.11.2011

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A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project has some interesting findings about how Americans are using smartphones. About one-thir...

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Men Account For Most Job Growth During Recovery, While Women Suffer

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Women, Education, Recovery, Mancession, Unemployment, Men, Jobs, Manufacturing, Construction, Pew Research, Career & Money, Health Care, Recession, Gender, Business News

The recession, famously, hit men hard. It was dubbed the "mancession," with male-dominated industries, like construction and manufacturing, among t...

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Why China Won't Be the Next Egypt

Fred Teng | Posted 05.25.2011

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While there might be some similarities between Egypt and China in their long history, China has maintained an orderly transition of leadership and an economic planning process that is producing results.

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Tea Party Conservatives And The Christian Right: One And The Same?

Robert P. Jones, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pew analysis further confirms PRRI's conclusion made last October -- the Tea Party are not secular libertarians but are social conservatives largely drawn from the ranks of the Christian Right.

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Why, Finances Aside, Our Children Will Be Better Off Than We Are

Peter Block | Posted 11.17.2011

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Our children will be better off than we are, but not because they will make more money.

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What Matters To Millenials: Pew Study

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Millenial generation -- young adults between 18 and 29 years of age -- has made headlines as both a victim of its own apathy and the current state...

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Pew: Polls That Exclude Cell-Phone-Only Homes Have Growing GOP Bias

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Does it matter that many polls -- including the vast majority that we are currently watching at the state and congressional district level -- do not c...

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Study Finds Apple Dominates Tech News

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A new study finds that Apple is beating all other technology companies, at least in terms of media coverage. According to a study re...

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Most Americans Sleep With (Or Near) Their Cell Phones

DailyFinance | DOUGLAS MCINTYRE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two-thirds of American adults have slept with their cell phones on or right next to their beds. The number rises to over 90% among people ages 18 to 2...

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Crossing a Spiritual Divide

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have never thought of saints as another species of human but rather as scouts into an unknown territory. The role of a scout is to show the way to others, not to ride back to camp and prevent anyone else to cross the frontier.

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College Freshmen Widely Support Gay Marriage

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Sara Lipka | Posted 05.25.2011

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College students who describe themselves as politically "far right" arrive on campuses across the country supporting legal same-sex marriage significa...

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Our Generation: More Confident, Less Employed

The Oracle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Students between the ages of 18 and 29 are part of what's been dubbed the "Millennial Generation," and, according to a new study by Pew Research, they...

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Palin News Is Top Story For Only Two Percent Of Public, According To New Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The media is drastically overplaying former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's influence on the national political conversation, suggests a new study of the pu...

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Youth Embrace Tweets: Twitter's Median Age Now Younger Than Facebook's, Pew Study Shows

Posted 05.25.2011

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A survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project reports that younger internet users (18 to 24 years-old) are more likely to use Twitter than ...

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Mixing Religions during the Holiday Season: A Tale Of Guilt and Gelt

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

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According to a new poll, Americans are mixing faiths more than ever before. Many attend worship services of more than one denomination, and many also blend Christianity with Eastern or New Age beliefs.

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Killing Enthusiasm: President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Turns Off Young Voters

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama should rethink the Afghanistan war for lots of reasons. It isn't making us more secure. It's costing us billions of dollars as well as jobs and lives. And now, the latest reason, he's losing key voters.

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