
The Chinese government has just passed a security law that reportedly could require technology companies to hand over encryption keys to private data. The law is so controversial that President Obama personally raised concerns about it to President Xi Jinping.
by Ferenstein Wire27 Dec 2015, 6:31 PM PST0

Pundits expected the terrorist attacks in Paris to shove the GOP’s primary race towards national-security debates and to boost the experienced pols, including Sen. Marco Rubio.
by Mike Flynn25 Nov 2015, 9:06 PM PST0

A Newspoll survey published November 22 shows that three in four Australians believe their gun-controlled country will face a large-scale terror attack.
by AWR Hawkins23 Nov 2015, 9:30 PM PST0

A national survey by Pew Research Center reveals how distrustful the American public feels about the media; 65 percent say the national news media impacts the country negatively.
by William Bigelow23 Nov 2015, 7:42 PM PST0

A recent publication states that a reported drop in the number of black males in medical school is due to “unequal” educational opportunities and other racial disparities.
by Dr. Susan Berry30 Oct 2015, 9:42 AM PST0

The latest CNN/ORC International poll on the war against ISIS paints a glum portrait of a disillusioned public with no confidence in President Obama’s leadership and no sense that any progress is being made against the terror state.
by John Hayward22 Oct 2015, 7:40 PM PST0

Media supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement are praising Sen. Marco Rubio for comments he made seeming to express support for their anti-police organizing.
by Julia Hahn30 Sep 2015, 6:52 PM PST0

Two state polls from NBC/Marist, released Sunday, show Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is now ahead of Hillary by 11 points in New Hampshire, the first primary state. In Iowa, Hillary is still ahead of Sanders, but she only earns 38 percent of the vote among Hawkeye Democrats.
by Mike Flynn6 Sep 2015, 6:08 PM PST0

On August 1, The Economist claimed America averages one mass shooting a day, and they countered the impulse to use a gun to defend oneself from mass shooters by suggesting “the impulse to self-defense… is natural, but mistaken.”
by AWR Hawkins9 Aug 2015, 9:17 PM PST0

(Ferenstein Wire) — White Americans are slowly dwindling into the minority, which poses big problems for Republicans. Democrats’ popularity with minorities has helped them snag the presidency in recent elections. By 2024, Republicans may need to blow past George Bush’s 2004 historic record with Latinos (44 percent) in order to ever have a shot again at another conservative president.
by Ferenstein Wire9 Aug 2015, 6:05 PM PST0

How can Twitter improve its sluggish growth? The company’s stock plummeted after interim chief executive Jack Dorsey said he was “not satisfied” with current user growth figures following the release of Twitter’s Q2 earnings report on Tuesday.
by Allum Bokhari30 Jul 2015, 8:39 PM PST0

A poll conducted by the Huffington Post and YouGov found that an increasing number of people are following the Hillary Clinton email story. At the same time, Hillary’s favorability has dropped, nearing her low point since the 2014 election.
by John Sexton13 Mar 2015, 5:17 PM PST0