Read more Pew Center stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31651/pew-center.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:53:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72363/fewer-americans-believe-in-global-warming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe percentage of Americans who think there’s serious evidence of global warming has dropped precipitously in the past 18 months—from 71% to 57%, the Pew Research Center finds. Numbers were down across the political spectrum—Democrat, independent, Republican—but the drop was most pronounced among independents, to 53% from...http://www.newser.com/story/72363/fewer-americans-believe-in-global-warming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 20:09:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57366/americans-switching-not-losing-religion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA majority of Americans who have abandoned organized religion "gradually drifted away," a new Pew Forum poll says. The finding surprised experts who expected policy debates or scandals—like clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church—to fuel people's rejection of a faith. But overall, the survey found Americans more...http://www.newser.com/story/57366/americans-switching-not-losing-religion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 20:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29809/record-23m-crowd-us-prisons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA record 7.2 million criminals were behind bars, on parole, or being supervised on probation in 2006—a figure that cost taxpayers $45 billion and has states rethinking sentencing laws and shipping inmates elsewhere, the Washington Post reports. Of that number, 2.3 million people were in jail or...http://www.newser.com/story/29809/record-23m-crowd-us-prisons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Jun 2008 5:46:30 CDT