The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education department ...

To categorize state laws on abortion, Center researchers referenced data from The New York Times. Data and classifications ...

A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ ...

The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline.

Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the United States, and it is one that sharply divides Americans along partisan, ...

Today, 52% of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI in daily life, compared with just 10% who say they are more excited than concerned.

Nearly everyone in Indonesia, as well as the vast majority of people in Kenya, India and South Africa, say it’s necessary to ...

A 60% majority of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. This share is down slightly from the last few years.

More than half of Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state, while a much smaller share (26%) say it should be illegal.

Though partisanship remains a far bigger factor than gender in U.S. abortion attitudes, the opinions of men and women have diverged somewhat in recent years – particularly on the question of legality.

Buddhism is the only major religion whose global population shrank between 2010 and 2020. Learn why it declined in East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.

Buddhism has a long history in America. In the 1800s, Chinese migrants working in the gold rush and building railroads brought their Buddhist beliefs and practices with them. Today, ...