Environment
The Pew Environment Group is a major force in educating the public and policy makers about the causes, consequences and solutions to environmental problems. We actively promote strong conservation policies in the United States and internationally.
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State Policy and Performance
The Pew Center on the States, which encompasses the majority of Pew’s state policy initiatives, identifies and advances effective policy approaches to central issues facing states. The center is part of Pew’s broader effort to study and promote nonpartisan policy solutions for pressing and emerging problems affecting Americans.
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Children and Youth
A nation’s future depends on how well it nurtures and protects its young people. Pew seeks to study and promote nonpartisan policy solutions for pressing and emerging problems that affect the next generation.
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Election Initiatives
The Pew Center on the States supports policies, practices and technologies that help achieve the highest standards of accuracy, cost-effectiveness, efficiency and security of elections in the U.S.
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Economic Policy
Pew’s Economic Policy Group combines a belief in the importance of economic mobility and the power of the market economy, with an understanding offered over two centuries ago by Alexander Hamilton that the market “may be beneficially stimulated by prudent aids and encouragements on the part of the government."
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Health
Based on research and critical analysis, the Pew Health Group seeks to improve the health and well-being of all Americans. It advocates policies that reduce potentially dangerous health risks in consumer, medical and food products and services.
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Philadelphia Region
Pew fosters a healthy and vibrant public life in the Philadelphia region in many ways. We partner with local institutions and individuals to encourage thriving arts and cultural communities and support the health and welfare of the region’s neediest residents. Through the Philadelphia Research Initiative, Pew provides research and analysis on important issues facing the city and its surrounding area.
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Religion and Public Life
One of the most debated issues facing America today is the role that faith and religion should play in society. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of the issues raised by the intersection of religion and public affairs.
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Computers and the Internet
The Pew Internet & American Life Project tracks and analyzes how computers and the Web are changing today’s world. Its work helps the media, academics, policy makers and others to better understand technology’s impact on society.
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Public Opinion
The Pew Research Center, a Pew subsidiary and a nonpartisan "fact tank" based in Washington, D.C., conducts public opinion research that helps inform national dialogues on a wide range of topics. Its polls assess Americans’ attitudes on domestic policy, economics, elections, foreign policy, the news media, computer technology, religion and social trends. Its projects also cover global public opinion and the status and views of Latinos in the United States.
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Hispanics in America
The Pew Hispanic Center helps all Americans to better understand the impact that a rapidly growing Latino population is having on the way we live today and on our nation’s future. The center produces research to increase awareness of the Hispanic population in the United States and chronicle its growing importance.
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Media and Journalism
The Pew Research Center supports several initiatives that monitor the rapidly changing media landscape. These include efforts to develop information on both how journalists cover news and how the public perceives the media. The center's media-related initiatives include the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
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Arts and Culture
Pew supports a broad spectrum of institutions, artists, projects and cultural marketing initiatives. Through the Cultural Data Project we help cultural organizations take advantage of technical assistance and professional development opportunities, which has proven to be an effective means of extending the impact of our investments.
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Education
In an increasingly complex world, ensuring that children acquire the proper academic foundation is critical to the nation’s future success. Americans are looking for better performance standards throughout all grade levels.
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