American Public Divided over US Approach to Israel’s War in Gaza Dina Smeltz & Lama El Baz, Chicago Council on Global Affairs A Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Ipsos survey, fielded March 8–11, 2024, finds the American public divided over Israel’s response to the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas. Overall, Americans are slightly more likely to say Israel has gone too far than say its military actions are justified.
At 75, NATO Support in US is Strong Ivo Daalder (Chicago Council on Global Affairs), America Abroad Public support for NATO among Americans is near historic highs, according to 50 years of polling date conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Few adults like the idea of unilateral action by presidents AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Only 21% of adults think it would be a good thing if the next president were able to act on important policies without the approval of Congress or the courts, though there is more tolerance of the idea among partisans when the president is from their own party.
Americans think a president’s power should be checked, AP-NORC poll finds — unless their side wins Nicholas Riccardi & Linley Sanders, Associated Press Though Americans say they don’t want a president to have too much power, that view shifts if the candidate of their party wins the presidency. It’s a view held by members of both parties, though it’s especially common among Republicans. About half of Americans say public K-12 education is going in the wrong direction Rachel Minkin, Pew Research Center About half of U.S. adults (51%) say the country’s public K-12 education system is generally going in the wrong direction. A far smaller share (16%) say it’s going in the right direction, and about a third (32%) are not sure, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in November 2023.
What’s It Like To Be a Teacher in America Today? Pew Research Center Public K-12 teachers are stressed about their jobs and few are optimistic about the future of education; many say poverty, absenteeism and mental health are major problems at their school
