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‘Good’ or ‘Bad’: Americans debate billionaires and taxes
For years, the American public policy debate around billionaires has revolved around questions of wealth inequality, with hardline critics arguing that billionaires should be taxed out of existence to raise living standards for all Americans and center-left leaders like former President Biden instead proposing a milder 25% “billionaire tax.” But that debate is even further… -
‘Division’: Americans react to Trump address to Congress
On March 4, 2025, President Donald Trump delivered a 100-minute address to Congress, drawing sharply divided reactions from Democrats and Republicans. He tackled a range of contentious issues, including immigration, economic policy and national defense. Watch the above 37-minute episode of America Speaks as pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz asks a unique group… -
‘Overblown’: Americans debate the merits of DEI policies
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has emerged as a controversial subject not only in U.S. politics but also in corporate and academic debates and across American culture as a whole. An overwhelming majority of Americans say that one’s individual life circumstances largely determine that individual’s success, as opposed to simply hard work and merit, and… -
‘Biased’: What Americans think of ‘mainstream media’
There’s been an increase in new independent media voices over the past few decades, amplified especially in recent years by the rise of the internet and online media. Those trends, together with increasing financial difficulties for legacy newsrooms, have contributed to the relative decline of many mainstream news outlets and to the collapse of local… -
‘Getting rid of them’: Americans discuss Trump and immigration
Cracking down on immigration was one of Donald Trump’s top 2024 presidential campaign promises, and he has sought to ramp up U.S. deportations and border security efforts since his return to the White House last month. Some proponents of stricter immigration systems have applauded those efforts, while critics protest that they are cruel, inhumane, unnecessary…
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Pollster and Political Analyst‘Division’: Americans react to Trump address to Congress
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