COVID anxiety rising amid delta surge, AP-NORC poll finds

By James Anderson and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press August 20, 2021 DENVER (AP) — Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since winter, a new poll shows, as the delta variant rages, more states and school districts adopt mask and vaccination requirements and the nation’s hospitals once again…

Biden sees dip in support amid new COVID cases: AP-NORC poll

By Julie Pace and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press August 21, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is facing a summer slump, with Americans taking a notably less positive view of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his job approval rating ticking down. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public…

School mask, vaccine mandates supported in US: AP-NORC poll

By Collin Binkley and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press August 23, 2021 BOSTON (AP) — As COVID-19 cases surge around the country, a majority of Americans say they support mask mandates for students and teachers in K-12 schools, according to a new poll, but their views are sharply divided along political lines. About 6…

Half of US workers favor employee shot mandate: AP-NORC poll

By Alexandra Olson and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press August 26, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — Half of American workers are in favor of vaccine requirements at their workplaces, according to a new poll, at a time when such mandates gain traction following the federal government’s full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The poll from The Associated…

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…