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By Chris Megerian | The Associated Press February 24, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are starkly divided by race on the importance of President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, with white Americans far less likely to be highly enthusiastic about the idea than Black Americans — and especially…

By Calvin Woodward and Zeke Miller | The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — In good times or bad, American presidents come to Congress with a diagnosis that hardly differs over the decades. In their State of the Union speeches, they declare “the state of our union is strong” or words very much like…

By Michael Rubinkam and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press February 28, 2022 Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. As coronavirus pandemic case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to plummet, fewer people now than in January say they are concerned that they will be infected after the rise and fall of the…

By Nicholas Riccardi and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press March 10, 2022 DENVER (AP) — Majorities of Americans in both major parties think voting rules in their states are appropriate and support a voter identification law, but Democrats are increasingly worried about progress in voting rights for Black Americans. A new poll from The…

By Aaron Morrison and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press March 15, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — Few Americans believe there has been significant progress over the last 50 years in achieving equal treatment for Black people in dealings with police and the criminal justice system. Most Americans across racial and ethnic groups say more progress…