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Abortion & Reproductive Health
01.22.2014
What Will the Next Generation of Anti-Abortion Advocates Look Like? Different.
Thousands gathered today for the annual March for Life, the world’s largest pro-life rally. We take a look at public opinion on abortion.
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Sports
01.21.2014
Does God Reward Faithful Athletes?
According to a PRRI survey, 48 percent of Americans agree God rewards faithful athletes with good health and success, while 47 percent disagree.
Given football's popularity among Americans, it comes as no surprise that more than seven in ten Americans say they’re likely to watch the Super Bowl.
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Sports
01.17.2014
Do Sports Rituals Work?
PRRI finds that roughly one in five sports fans perform a ritual before or while watching their team—whether it’s wearing jerseys or giving the TV a pep talk.
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Religion & Culture
01.16.2014
A Supernatural Super Bowl?
As the 2014 Super Bowl approaches, PRRI’s latest survey reveals that that half of all sports fans see some aspect of the supernatural at play in sports.
Half of sports fans attribute some element of sports to the supernatural—and 21 percent of fans perform a ritual before or during sports games.
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Abortion & Reproductive Health
01.13.2014
Can Reality TV Lower the Teen Birthrate?
According to a new economic study, shows like MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” and its spin-off, “Teen Mom” may have prevented more than 20,000 births to teenage mothers in 2010 alone.
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Law & Criminal Justice
01.10.2014
Different Motivations Lead to Bipartisan Support to End Mandatory Sentencing
An unlikely alliance has formed to propose the reversal of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act—which set mandatory minimum sentencing requirements for drug offenders.
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Law & Criminal Justice
01.10.2014
Health Care: Principle vs. Practice in Health Insurance Coverage
While Americans say the government should provide health insurance, they’re less enthusiastic about the government-initiated health care program, “Obamacare.”
What’s appropriate for women to wear in public? This is the focus of a new study conducted by the University of Michigan in seven Muslim-majority countries.
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