Americans have long admired school teachers but still tend to view teaching as an undesirable job to pursue. Insufficient funding and discipline problems continue to rank highest as school concerns.
Despite record highs for the stock market and historic levels of employment, more Americans are describing themselves as poor these days.
Drug companies are being forced to pay millions to settle opioid lawsuits, but most Americans don’t blame them first for the opioid drug crisis in the country.
Fewer Americans suffered through the flu last winter, and most plan to get a flu shot to make sure they duck it again.
Most Americans who value their faith agree with Attorney General William Barr’s strongly worded speech last week declaring that religion is under heavy cultural attack.
Christopher Columbus is still hanging in there. Most Americans still favor a national holiday – celebrated today this year – for the man generally credited with “discovering” America.
It’s 2016 all over again when it comes to Americans’ political views and how they impact family and friends – even though it’s an off-election year.
Americans are closely divided over a new law in California that will allow athletes to cash in on their success in college. Those who follow college sports closest tend to like the idea more.
Most Americans don’t see more criminals in professional sports than in society at large but do think pro athletes get breaks from law enforcement that others don’t.
Just over half of Americans think diversity is a good thing and say they live in neighborhoods that reflect that.
Because pro-Trump Make America Great hats are red, a liberal writer suggested recently that Americans should stop wearing red hats in general because they cause anxiety among anti-Trump Americans. A chunk of Americans like the idea of taking red hats off the market for that reason.
Americans’ belief in their constitutional right to own a gun and their support for the Second Amendment that guarantees that right remain strong.
The Trump administration is considering ways to address California’s worsening homelessness situation, but Americans don’t see that as a federal function. Most agree, though, that the actions of some states and cities make the homeless problem worse.
Move over, beef burgers and chicken fingers. Vegetarian “meat” offerings are the latest rage at fast-food restaurants, and a sizable number of Americans are putting them on their tray.
Most Americans continue to think the school year shouldn’t begin until after Labor Day and oppose sending kids to school all year long.
For Americans, Labor Day’s a split decision: A day to honor the worker but also the end of summer.
Americans blame the shooters in mass killings, not the availability of guns, and believe that there are already gun control laws on the books that can make a difference.
Most Americans agree that racism is a problem in this country but reject the idea that America has been racist from the very start. They also tend to think we talk too much about racism these days.
After the latest spate of mass shootings, Americans are less convinced than ever that violent video games and movies are to blame.
The Woodstock festival billed itself 50 years ago as three days of peace, love and music. Other than three accidental deaths, it lived up to its billing despite rainy weather and a near total lack of support facilities. Most Americans aren’t sure it would play out that way these days.
