Political Economist & Founder, OpenAxis
In 2019, Black immigrant-headed households had a lower median income than U.S. immigrant-headed households overall, but a higher median income than households headed by members of the U.S.-born Black population. This pattern has persisted since 2000. That year, the overall immigrant household population’s median income was $58,600, while the Black immigrant household population’s median was $54,700 and the U.S.-born Black household population’s median was $42,500.
Source: Pew Research
In 2020, Black households had the lowest median household income of $45,870. In comparison, White households had a median household income of $74,912.
Americans are most worried about inflation
Share of Americans by political affiliation who said each issue was among the most important facing the country
Based on FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos survey conducted April 27-May 5, 2022, among a sample of 2,006 adults that was weighted to match the general population. Respondents could select up to three issues.
Source: FiveThirtyEight, Ipsos
Mentions of inflation have leveled off since March 2022, with readings of 17% or 18%, after increasing throughout the fall and winter months.
They remain relatively high compared with recent history but have been higher in the past, including 52% in October 1981, 49% in January 1982 and 31% in April 1982, around the time inflation was last at its current rate. Inflation had been named by an average of 1% of Americans between 1990 and 2021.
#inflation #economy
Source: Gallup
The New York Times has seen subscription revenue soar from 2016 to 2021, with digital making up a little over half of overall revenue.
In June 2022, the Times announced its plans to reach 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027, after surpassing 10 million subscribers a few months earlier in February.
Recent acquisitions include The Athletic, a digital sports publisher, for $550 million and Wordle, the trivia game, for an estimated $1 million.
#news #journalism
Source: New York Times
The Trump era drew many eyeballs around a slew of high-drama political hearings, but the Jan. 6 hearing in June 2022 has nearly topped them all.
The Jan. 6 committee tried hard to grab America's fleeting attention by holding the hearing in primetime and by enlisting a former network news exec in the production.
Major Trump-era hearings also drew high engagement compared to other national TV events. The final games of the 2021 World Series and the NBA finals drew 11.7 million and 9.91 million viewers, respectively, while the Brett Kavanaugh and James Comey hearings drew around 20 million viewers each.
Source: Nielsen, Axios
According to the survey, net support among soccer fans for brands pulling out of the Qatar World Cup (the share of those who supported minus the share who opposed) was at least plus-34 for across three separate issues: reports of human rights abuses among migrant workers, reports of FIFA officials being bribed and concerns about state laws against homosexuality.
#humanrights #lgbtq #brands #pridemonth
Source: Morning Consult
In 2019, Black immigrant-headed households had a lower median income than U.S. immigrant-headed households overall, but a higher median income than households headed by members of the U.S.-born Black population. This pattern has persisted since 2000. That year, the overall immigrant household population’s median income was $58,600, while the Black immigrant household population’s median was $54,700 and the U.S.-born Black household population’s median was $42,500.
Details at Pew
Mentions of inflation have leveled off since March 2022, with readings of 17% or 18%, after increasing throughout the fall and winter months.
They remain relatively high compared with recent history but have been higher in the past, including 52% in October 1981, 49% in January 1982 and 31% in April 1982, around the time inflation was last at its current rate. Inflation had been named by an average of 1% of Americans between 1990 and 2021.
#inflation #economy
Details at Gallup
Americans are most worried about inflation
Share of Americans by political affiliation who said each issue was among the most important facing the country
Based on FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos survey conducted April 27-May 5, 2022, among a sample of 2,006 adults that was weighted to match the general population. Respondents could select up to three issues.
More details at 538
#inflation #politics
The New York Times has seen subscription revenue soar from 2016 to 2021, with digital making up a little over half of overall revenue.
In June 2022, the Times announced its plans to reach 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027, after surpassing 10 million subscribers a few months earlier in February.
Recent acquisitions include The Athletic, a digital sports publisher, for $550 million and Wordle, the trivia game, for an estimated $1 million.
Details at NYT
#news #journalism
The Trump era drew many eyeballs around a slew of high-drama political hearings, but the Jan. 6 hearing in June 2022 has nearly topped them all.
The Jan. 6 committee tried hard to grab America's fleeting attention by holding the hearing in primetime and by enlisting a former network news exec in the production.
Major Trump-era hearings also drew high engagement compared to other national TV events. The final games of the 2021 World Series and the NBA finals drew 11.7 million and 9.91 million viewers, respectively, while the Brett Kavanaugh and James Comey hearings drew around 20 million viewers each.
Details at Axios
According to the survey, net support among soccer fans for brands pulling out of the Qatar World Cup (the share of those who supported minus the share who opposed) was at least plus-34 for across three separate issues: reports of human rights abuses among migrant workers, reports of FIFA officials being bribed and concerns about state laws against homosexuality.
#humanrights #lgbtq #brands #pridemonth
More details at Morning Consult
Americans' desire for stricter gun laws remains majority opinion yet has recently fallen to the lowest point since 2014.
The prompt is: In general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of fire arms should be made more strict, less strict or kept as they are now?
More details at Gallup here
Google Trends search on healthcare, Roe v Wade, abortion, and supreme court
#reproductiverights #scotus
View details at Google Trends