https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/topics#trendsTrends{C38DD800-8FB9-4A17-9E8D-FE440CF572E8}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trust/archive/fall-2020/100-years-after-women-gained-right-to-vote-a-look-at-views-on-gender-equalityA century after the 19th Amendment was ratified, about half of Americans say granting women the right to vote has been the most important milestone in advancing the position of women in the country. But a majority say the country hasn’t gone far enough.Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:00:00 -0500{8C518714-81BF-4EFE-BF88-E69D913196DD}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trust/archive/fall-2020/return-on-investmentThe Pew Charitable Trusts applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public, and invigorate civic life, as these recent accomplishments illustrate.Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:00:00 -0500{4FA3F930-F07E-4E8C-AC04-F5D76F4D9A50}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trust/archive/fall-2020/the-history-of-evaluation-at-pewThe Pew Charitable Trusts commissioned its first evaluation, hiring external experts to examine its work to highlight successes and failures, in 1985. Since then, evaluation has been an integral part of Pew’s approach to philanthropy.Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:17:00 -0500{9C50D0A2-E878-49CF-8983-9BB20D2D6019}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trust/archive/fall-2020/americans-who-get-news-mainly-on-social-media-are-less-knowledgeable-and-less-engagedA Pew Research Center report published in July shows that Americans who rely primarily on social media for news—which describes about 18% of adults in the U.S.—tend to know less about the 2020 election, less about the coronavirus pandemic, and less about political news in general than people who rely on news websites, cable or network TV, radio, and print.Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:17:00 -0500{3DE3CA0E-62C5-4157-8713-9A926FB1020B}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trust/archive/summer-2020As the virus roils the globe, what are the consequences for public health, government finances, and America’s world role?Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:08:29 Z{4E6084D7-E3D4-441A-9A67-E34C00CC3CBF}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trust/archive/spring-2020/why-public-opinion-polls-dont-include-the-same-number-of-republicans-and-democratsIt's all about representing groups in their actual proportions within a country.Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:30:00 -0400{41541309-35CC-4819-8515-5D9A4263458B}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trend/archive/spring-2020/machines-are-learning-too-but-not-like-usWe are advancing the ability of machines to learn even as we learn how to teach them.Mon, 13 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0400{4B913DF1-AF87-45E7-8302-C231896B51E2}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trend/archive/spring-2020/notes-from-the-president-the-learning-curveToday, the growing demand for problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills—combined with the rapid pace of technological change, longer life spans, and an increasingly global economy—gives new urgency to how effectively we train ourselves to learn. And when circumstances change—to rethink, process new knowledge, and start again.Mon, 13 Apr 2020 01:00:00 -0400{0A347146-E936-4184-A0A3-6EA578D646E3}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trust/archive/winter-2020/notes-from-the-president-a-brighter-tomorrow-begins-with-lessons-learned-todayAt Pew, we never want to exhaust our enthusiasm for learning and our commitment to public service. Together with our partners, who help us understand challenges like these and see the opportunities they present, we eagerly begin a new year and a new decade. It is a perfect time to honor our past, understand the challenges of our present, and stay optimistic about an ever-brighter future.Wed, 19 Feb 2020 04:00:00 -0500{4172F029-780D-4952-86FC-5F989CA5E7A0}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trust/archive/winter-2020/progress-in-2019-a-year-of-collaborative-workFrom retirement savings improvements to historic land conservation, Pew worked with a variety of organizations.Wed, 19 Feb 2020 01:00:00 -0500{3956A81D-7EF8-4EEA-9443-4347A99297AF}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trust/archive/fall-2018/the-pew-research-center-remains-focused-on-the-factsHow valuable is accurate information? Pew donor Roger Perry, a former circuit judge in West Virginia, would say it is extremely valuable, maybe even priceless.Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:00:00 -0400{2B2A625B-FA73-4CC2-9464-E4E0D17B959A}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/08/07/new-research-highlights-promising-alternatives-to-antibiotics-in-animal-agricultureAlternatives to antibiotics are essential tools for minimizing the need for these drugs, and commercial operations already successfully utilize them to reduce antibiotic use and increase animal productivity.Tue, 07 Aug 2018 07:00:00 -0400{1D38E54F-FE6E-4969-9013-8AC6842D57E5}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/the-next-generationToday, six distinct generations are living simultaneously: the greatest generation, the silent generation, baby boomers, Gen Xers, millennials, and the newest group born starting in 1995. In this episode, our guest discusses this group she calls “iGen,” as the first to grow up with smartphones from birth. Host Dan LeDuc interviews Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego...Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0500{6B4047F9-5FC9-4EA7-89D9-46A9948921F7}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/video/2017/how-robots-will-shape-agricultures-future-yield-of-dreamsJoin lifelong farmer Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer on a tour of Jones Dairy Farm for unique insights on how automation will forever change the way we produce food—starting with robotic milking.Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0400{589CD657-4517-496A-AE70-A54EB8B437C1}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trend/archive/summer-2017/alfred-sommer-inventing-public-health-researchAs a medical researcher in Indonesia in the 1970s, Alfred Sommer discovered that vitamin A deficiencies were more common than generally known and that they dramatically increased childhood mortality rates.Mon, 12 Jun 2017 21:00:00 -0400{3F605A74-483F-4185-A16E-7552DA42E43F}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trend/archive/summer-2017/your-next-co-worker-may-be-a-robotTechnological advances are moving robots beyond rote, automated tasks.Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:00:00 -0400{E07E85F9-0A29-46E0-BDDE-321F7E39F254}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trend/archive/summer-2017/trend-knowledge-and-purposeIn this second edition of Trend, we explore the theme of putting knowledge to purpose, looking at the many aspects of invention today.Mon, 12 Jun 2017 01:00:00 -0400{07D6625D-2F0C-4634-B70F-4D7825541CFC}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/press-releases-and-statements/2014/10/15/michael-dimock-named-president-of-pew-research-centerWashington (Oct. 14) – The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that veteran survey researcher and political scientist Michael Dimock has been selected as president of the Pew Research Center, effective Oct. 15.Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:36:32 -0400{AD277B53-4FD8-4E05-93D2-AF8B77CD75E3}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/opinion/2014/07/24/payday-lenders-and-the-ecology-of-needy-borrowersNick Bourke of the Pew Charitable Trusts responds in a Letter to the Editor to a Wall Street Journal op-ed on payday lendingThu, 24 Jul 2014 15:23:24 -0400{9AA6BCF7-D91A-4E80-9463-2B6DF51BD536}https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/press-releases-and-statements/2014/07/10/pew-report-finds-homeownership-down-sharply-in-philadelphiaNew analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by The Pew Charitable Trusts shows that homeownership has declined more in Philadelphia in recent years than in almost any other big city in the country.Thu, 10 Jul 2014 10:17:53 -0400