When Americans look to learn more about a breaking news event, they turn to a variety of sources. This mirrors the fragmented way that people get news and information more broadly these days.
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Understanding the present in the context of the past was the subject of a conversation that kicked off The Pew Charitable Trusts’ “America at 250 Speaker Series” for staff. In April, Pew’s CEO Susan K. Urahn spoke with Burns and his long-time co-director Sarah Botstein to explore what lessons from the country’s founding and what’s been called the world’s most consequential revolution can offer citizens today.
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Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second. Plastic is everywhere in modern life and has essential, lifesaving uses, but the proliferation of plastic has also made it one of the great environmental challenges of our time. Plastic pollutes our land, air, and water; costs governments billions each year to manage; and is putting human health at increasing risk.
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Michelle Gregoire was a server at Purple Toad Social Tap and Grill outside of Colorado Springs in 2023 when the state began facilitating a retirement savings program. Until then, Purple Toad had not offered a retirement plan. Once the plan, called Secure Savings, became available, Gregoire said she began depositing a portion of her paycheck into the Colorado Secure Savings’ individual retirement account, or IRA.
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On my journey to Palena, a small town nestled deep within the Patagonian Andes, I had to travel 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) from Santiago, Chile’s capital. The trip required a commercial flight, a layover, and another leg on a small propeller plane, followed by a three-hour drive along a winding gravel road. Reaching Palena took 15 hours—and this was the fastest, most direct route. For context, that’s two hours longer than a flight from Santiago to Washington, D.C.
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In one of the world’s most urbanized coastal environments—the waters around Hong Kong—pressure from human activities is threatening the vulnerable Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, known locally as the Chinese white dolphin.
This year, more than 2 million Americans will hear the words "you have cancer." That's 5,500 people each day—about one every 15 seconds. And as upsetting as that phrase might be, even more distressing is the word that often comes next: chemotherapy.
Over the early decades of the 21st century, soccer has moved from the margins of the U.S. sports landscape into the mainstream. States and localities have been instrumental in shaping this expansion through stadium deals, land acquisitions, infrastructure investments, and community partnerships of varying size and scope. These efforts have helped grow soccer’s national profile, but they also have presented governments with a new set of fiscal risks.
For America's 250th, a look at lessons from our past, voices from our present, and how the power of nonpartisan problem-solving can bring us together.
On June 16, Pew announced the 2026 class of Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences, Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences, and Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research. These researchers will receive multiyear grants and join a community of more than 1,000 scientists who are taking creative approaches to cancer biology, neuroscience, immunology, and more.
From drinking water to wildlife to history and adventure, rivers help shape life across the United States. Take the quiz to test your river knowledge.
After several years of planning, states and territories are receiving final approval of their plans for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a federal initiative that aims to connect all Americans to high-speed internet.
