Kim Parker

Among the challenges U.S. police officers perceive on the job is a widespread feeling that police are mistreated by the media.

Majorities of police officers say that recent high-profile encounters between black citizens and police have made their jobs riskier and left many officers reluctant to fully carry out some of their duties.

American voters express relatively little confidence in either major party presidential candidate when it comes to their ability to help American workers prepare to compete in today’s economy.

Women most often are the ones who adjust their schedules and make compromises when the needs of children and other family members collide with work, data show.

Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and demographic change in the U.S.

Today's working fathers are just as likely as working mothers to say that finding the right balance between their job and their family life is a challenge.

Our research suggests the issue continues to resonate with many working moms.

Compared with gay men and lesbians, bisexuals have a different perspective on their sexual orientation and a distinct set of experiences, a Pew Research survey found.

One-in-five adults ages 25 and older have never married, up from 9% in 1960. Shifting public attitudes toward marriage, hard economic times and changing demographic patterns may have all played a role.