Michael GalantA recent global poll from the International Trade Union Confederation found that an overwhelming 84 percent of all respondents judged their national minimum wage to be insufficient for a decent life. (Photo: SEIU)
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When the left conducts polls, it’s not surprising to see how they can manipulate questions to obtain their desired results. Atlantic staff writer Robinson Meyer on June 21 gushed how the Democratic Party has “become more...
Young people are growing less tolerant of LGBTQ individuals, a GLAAD acceptance survey shows, and advocates say a toxic culture may be to blame.
Almost three-quarters (71 percent) of Americans have heard about antibiotic resistance, and about half (53 percent) know it’s a major public health challenge, according to a survey published last Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Those are...
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'Soft' survey data in June has collapsed. On the heels of the plunge in Empire Fed Manufacturing and Philly Fed, Dallas Fed Manufacturing survey just crashed from -5.3 to -12.1 (worse than the weakest analyst estimate) and lowest since June...
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“Field of Dreams” was voted the greatest sports movie of all time in a recent survey of Times readers. It was released 30 years ago, and director Phil Alden Robinson talked to Yahoo this month about some secrets you may not know about the film....
Since 2006, the Bee Informed Partnership has conducted a survey on U.S. beekeepers. The most recent survey shows that the 2018 winter resulted in the biggest die-off since the survey began, with a loss of 37.7 percent.This die-off is part of a...
The Democratic research group American Bridge is preparing a $50 million campaign to win over a slice of President Donald Trump’s base, and new polling has convinced the organization that Trump is vulnerable on pocketbook issues, especially health...
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Follow the latest election polls on the race for the 2020 Democratic primary nomination.
The former foreign secretary, meanwhile, is leading in the polls after being backed by 126 conservative MPs and winning the first and second rounds of voting for the leadership. Current UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt garnered second place.
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According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the powerful tremor hit on Monday near Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands in the Banda Sea. There were no initial tsunami warnings.
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A Mexican newspaper has found that 61.5% of Mexicans want their government to stop allowing migrants from other nations travel through their country to get to the United States.
The number from ElUniversal’s June survey was a significant...
Weekend:• Schedule for Week of June 23, 2019Monday:• At 8:30 AM ET, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for May. This is a composite index of other data.• At 10:30 AM, Dallas Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for June.From CNBC: Pre-Market...
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When the 2020 Democrats were asked the best way to improve the health care system, a split in the field was revealed. Here are full responses from 19 candidates.
A survey asking more than 50,000 Reddit users on r/Pokemon to choose their favorite Pokémon has produced some impressive results.
With more than 800 different Pokémon to choose from, each Pokémon received 65 votes on...
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The confidence of small business owners is overwhelmingly high. According to Provident Bank’s Small Business Confidence Survey, 80% of owners feel this way.
Small business owners expect the revenue of their business to improve over the...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — For two days in South Carolina, Joe Biden sought refuge in a state he likens to a second home.But even his large lead in early polls here couldn’t insulate him from the angst surrounding his comments about segregationists, or...
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According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck just several kilometres from the small community of Petrolia, located over 400 kilometres (250 miles) from the city of San Francisco.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Voters in Istanbul will head back to polls on Sunday to elect a new mayor after a March election was annulled and a rerun declared.
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A Panelbase/Sunday Times poll finds the Scottish people would vote for independence from the United Kingdom if Boris Johnson becomes prime minister.
“Asked whether they supported leaving the UK, a narrow majority of 51% said they opposed...
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