Poll: Health care remains top priority for Americans
Although Congress has recently been focused on taxes, spending, and debt, the American public’s top priority is still health care, according to a new poll from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and POLITICO. But Democrats and…
Poll finds a majority of LGBTQ Americans report violence, threats, or sexual harassment related to sexual orientation or gender identity; one-third report bathroom harassment
For immediate release: November 21, 2017 Boston, MA – This report is part of a series titled “Discrimination in America.” The series is based on a survey conducted for National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and…
Poll finds more than one-third of Native Americans report slurs, violence, harassment, and being discriminated against in the workplace
November 14, 2017 – This report is part of a series titled “Discrimination in America.” The series is based on a survey conducted for National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Poll finds a majority of white Americans say discrimination against whites exists in America today
A poll finds a majority of white Americans say discrimination against whites exists in America. Many fewer report being personally discriminated against
Poll finds one-third of Latinos say they have experienced discrimination in their jobs and when seeking housing
In the context of institutional forms of discrimination, more than three in ten Latinos report having personally experienced discrimination because they are Latino when it comes to applying for jobs (33%), being paid equally or considered for promotion…
Poll finds at least half of Black Americans say they have experienced racial discrimination in their jobs and from the police
Poll finds at least half of Black Americans say they have experienced racial discrimination in their jobs and from the police.
Off the Cuff: Health Insurance and Health
BENJAMIN SOMMERSASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HEALTH POLICY AND ECONOMICS(Photo by Jeffrey MacMillan) This summer, as politicians were debating whether to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that while expanding…
Poll: On eve of Senate vote, more than two-thirds of Republicans want Congress to enact an alternative to the ACA
But a majority of Democrats want Congress to move on to other issues For immediate release: September 22, 2017 Boston, MA – According to a new POLITICO/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll, more than two-thirds (71%)…
In Afghanistan, polio vaccination faces threats
Afghanistan is one of three nations in the world (along with Pakistan and Nigeria) where the polio virus continues to be endemic, in part due to inadequate vaccination rates. A new poll of parents and caregivers of young…
Surveying bicycling preferences in China
Wide cycle tracks that separate bicyclists from other traffic and bike parking facilities with security guards or cameras are among the factors that motivate college students in China to bicycle, according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan…