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Even as moral attitudes in the U.S. become more socially liberal, several behaviors remain taboo. These include adultery, polygamy, human cloning and suicide, though American adults are slightly more likely to accept the last three.

More Americans continue to believe sexual orientation is present at birth rather than a result of upbringing.

Out of 14 key events in life, investors' most common, financially beneficial experiences include buying a home and getting married.

Americans' acceptance of many moral issues has increased significantly over the past decade. Much of this change has been driven by a shift in older Americans' attitudes, whose beliefs are now more in line with those of younger Americans.

According to a Gallup analysis, millennials in the U.S. are delaying marriage longer than any other generation before them, though they do intend to marry and eventually have children.

Perhaps America's political and news leaders have given up on, or simply forgotten about, the unemployed and underemployed. Apparently, Big Unemployment is the new normal. Sure, the president and Congress address it, but rarely in an urgent way.

Nearly 36 million people are enslaved around the world, according to Walk Free's 2014 Global Slavery Index. Gallup surveys help identify a total of 5.4 million people enslaved in seven high-risk countries alone.

Married Americans have significantly better well-being than those who are separated or divorced. Those who are married have a Well-Being Index score of 68.8 compared with 59.7 for the divorced and 55.9 for those who are separated.

Accusations of sexual misconduct complicate what could have been an easy win for the GOP in one of the nation's most conservative states.

Almost half of Americans, 49%, say the federal government poses "an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens." This is unchanged since 2010 but up from 30% in 2003.