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Two decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias

By Mariam Fam, Deepti Hajela and Luis Andres Henao | The Associated Press September 7, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — A car passed, the driver’s window rolled down and the man spat an epithet at two little girls wearing their hijabs: “Terrorist!” It was 2001, mere weeks after the twin towers at the World Trade…

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Americans warier of US government surveillance: AP-NORC poll

By Eric Tucker and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press September 7, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches, Americans increasingly balk at intrusive government surveillance in the name of national security, and only about a third believe that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were…

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Americans less positive about civil liberties: AP-NORC poll

By Meg Kinnard and Emily Swanson | The Associated Press September 10, 2021 Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans were reasonably positive about the state of their rights and liberties. Today, after 20 years, not as much. That’s according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that builds on…

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Poll: Many Democrats want more US support for Palestinians

ELLEN KNICKMEYER and EMILY SWANSON | Associated Press June 23, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll on American attitudes toward a core conflict in the Middle East finds about half of Democrats want the U.S. to do more to support the Palestinians, showing that a growing rift among Democratic lawmakers is also reflected in…

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AP-NORC poll: Americans largely back Biden’s virus response

By Julie Pace and Emily Swanson | The Associated Press March 9, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is enjoying an early presidential honeymoon, with 60% of Americans approving of his job performance thus far and even more backing his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for…