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July 2015

July 15, 2015

Morning Buzz | Taylor Swift Concert Brings Together Democratic, Republican Lawmakers

In today's buzz, the Boy Scouts of America have lifted a ban on gay scout...

July 14, 2015

Morning Buzz | New Healthcare, Contraception Rules for Employers with Religious Objections

In today's buzz, Scott Walker announces his run for president, plus female employees will now...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Morning Buzz | Texas Attorney General Says County Clerks Can Refuse Gay Couples

In today's buzz, the Texas attorney general on same-sex marriage licenses, plus SCOTUS on lethal...

June 11, 2015

Morning Buzz | New PRRI Poll Finds Two-thirds Believe Supreme Court Will Legalize Same-sex Marriage

In today's buzz, new PRRI poll finds majority of US favors legalizing same-sex marriage, plus...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Morning Buzz | Memorial Day Weekend, by the Numbers

In today's buzz, the most liberal and conservative big cities in America, the "dad bod,"...

May 14, 2015

Morning Buzz | White Evangelical Protestants Have Outsized Influence in Early Primary States

In today's buzz, Obama says faith groups are key in combatting poverty, and Pope Francis...

May 13, 2015

Morning Buzz | Catholics, Americans Agree on Gov’t Role in Addressing Economic Inequality; Evangelicals Differ

In today's buzz, Tex. GOP push bill to bar local officials from issuing gay marriage...

May 08, 2015

Morning Buzz | Nearly Half of Americans See Recent Police Killings of Black Men as Part of Broader Pattern

In today's buzz, mothers in VT, MN, and WI have better work-life balance, and we...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

Morning Buzz | 28 Wall Street Firms Support Legalizing Same-sex Marriage

In today's buzz, gay marriage opponents strategize next steps, and we flashback to 2000, when...

April 21, 2015

On Earth Day, Americans Support Principle of Environmental Protection, but Divided over Policy

Although PRRI's surveys find that Americans agree on the idea of protecting the earth, they...

April 20, 2015

Morning Buzz | Obama Administration May Take Immigration Reform to SCOTUS

In today's buzz, each state's gay marriage stance, the diversity of pastors' facial hair, and...

April 10, 2015

Morning Buzz | Survey: 44% Support Death Penalty, 48% Prison with No Parole

In today's buzz, Obama supports banning gay conversion therapy, and just thinking about Buddhism makes...

April 09, 2015

Morning Buzz | Americans, Millennials Stray From Pro-Choice, Pro-Life Labels

In today's buzz, a group of Mormons publicly oppose top LDS leaders, and doctors and...

March 2015

March 06, 2015

Morning Buzz | New San Diego Bishop Also Immigration Advocate

In today's buzz, Mayor De Blasio announces addition of Muslim holidays to NYC's public school...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

The Morning Buzz | Utah Judge Issues Victory for Polygamous Family

In today's Buzz, expansion of mental health care stalls, a Utah judge issues a victory...

August 28, 2014

The Morning Buzz | LA Mayor Plans to Raise the Minimum Wage

In today's Buzz, the federal government raises the amount of pot that can be grown...

August 26, 2014

The Morning Buzz | Did Immigration Officials Discourage Migrants from Seeking Asylum?

In today's Buzz, Mark Driscoll takes a six-week leave, civil rights groups sue immigration officials,...

August 25, 2014

The Morning Buzz | Obama Administration Adjusts the Contraception Mandate Exemption

In today's Buzz, the Obama administration announced changes to the contraception mandate exemption, budget cuts...

August 20, 2014

The Morning Buzz | Young Ministers Struggle to Find Work

In today's Buzz, where a $100 bill goes furthest, college might not be turning students...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

The Morning Buzz | The Challenges of Counting the Transgender Population

In today's Buzz, a sociologist questions the existence of a government shutdown baby boom, demographers...

July 29, 2014

The Morning Buzz | New PRRI Survey Reveals Americans’ Views on Unaccompanied Children at the Border

In today's Buzz, PRRI releases a new survey on unaccompanied children at the border, more...

July 25, 2014

The Morning Buzz | What Do We Owe Iraq’s Christian Minority?

In today's Buzz, a botched execution in Arizona, a new book on fanaticism within big-time...

July 17, 2014

The Morning Buzz |Missouri Governor Says No to Concealed Guns in Schools

In today's Buzz, Missouri's governor vetoes a law that would allow concealed guns in schools,...

July 14, 2014

The Morning Buzz | Are Obama and the Democrats to Blame for the Immigration Crisis?

In today's Buzz, PRRI Research Director Daniel Cox explains why Millennials won't venture back into...

June 2014

June 17, 2014

Morning Buzz | SCOTUS Upholds Ban for Public School Graduation Ceremonies in Churches

Today's Buzz covers Freedom Summer, Hobby Lobby, female children's impact on judges, Supreme Court decisions,...

June 12, 2014

In the New York Times | Two NYT Articles Feature New PRRI Data

Two New York Times articles feature PRRI's newest immigration data.

June 11, 2014

Media Roundup: Coverage of PRRI’s New Immigration Survey

Media coverage of PRRI/Brookings’ report What Americans Want From Immigration Reform in 2014 has been...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

The Morning Buzz | Pope Francis Stirs the Pot Yet Again

In today's Buzz Pope Francis goes against church doctrine by telling a woman married to...

April 16, 2014

The Morning Buzz | Mathematicians Take Top Spot in Jobs Ranking

In today's Buzz, President Obama meets with religious leaders to discuss immigration, Republican advantage in...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Morning Buzz | Newest Lobby on Capitol Hill? Vegetarians.

Today's Buzz explores a new suit seeking to overturn Puerto Rico's same-sex marriage ban, Obamacare...