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People are intensely -- and perpetually -- interested in school quality, particularly the quality of their local schools. But although schools have a vested interest in distributing information about themselves, Gallup data show that schools ...

Globalization and an increasingly multicultural and multireligious West test the mettle of cherished democratic values. As the current cartoon controversy underscores, pluralism and tolerance today demand greater mutual understanding and respect ...

Despite renewed controversy for the U.S. military stemming from news surrounding a massacre in Haditha, Iraq last year -- information that is stirring up image problems for U.S. forces in the Middle East, building on the Abu Ghraib scandal of a ...

Despite a recent critique pronouncing the environmental movement all but dead, and several years of somewhat depressed poll indications of public concern about the environment, there are some small but unmistakable signs of renewal in Americans' ...

According to a recent Gallup Poll, local television news, once behind the national network news in national viewership, is the source of news that Americans most frequently use. Local newspapers rank second in frequency of use, followed by the ...

If the American people were to vote in a national referendum on how best to keep America strong, it is likely that there would be solid and widespread agreement that "honesty in government" is of paramount importance.

There has been little change since last year in Americans' expressed confidence in the major institutions in American society. Americans remain most confident in the military, followed by the police, the presidency, the church or organized ...

When sitting around the house with nothing to do, many American adults instinctively reach for the remote control -- in fact, watching television is one of the most favorite ways adults spend an evening. Results from a recent Gallup Youth Survey ...