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The relationship between economic hardship and favorable views of Donald Trump is not as neat as some commentators have suggested. Those who like Trump tend to live in areas far from the Mexican border that are relatively unexposed to trade ...

Americans Value Postsecondary Education

With the U.S. and NATO combat missions ending in 2014, many Afghans remain pessimistic about the future. Nearly half of Afghans (46%) believe the presence of the Taliban will increase; half as many (23%) expect it to decrease.

Lisa Berkman, Ph.D., is Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and of Epidemiology and Director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health. She is also a Gallup Senior Scientist.

Postsecondary Education Aspirations and Barriers

In a guest commentary for Gallup, Riley Dunlap, Regents Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University, explores differences in Americans' views when they hear the terms "climate change" and "global warming."

As the U.S. government shuts down for the first time since 1996, historical Gallup data show the shutdown 17 years ago had either no effect or a short-term impact on Americans' views of the U.S. and of the political players involved.

If these companies followed the example of America's highest well-being cities, they could save $22 billion per year by reducing their employees' obesity and smoking levels.

Many Americans still do not know enough to say if the sequestration cuts have been good for the country or for themselves, little changed from a month ago. But those with an opinion are more likely to see the cuts as bad than good.

The percentage of Americans lacking health insurance coverage continued to vary widely across U.S. metro areas in 2012, from 4% in Burlington, Vt., and the Boston-Cambridge area to 49% in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas.