Here’s a look back at 2025 through 12 of Pew Research Center’s most striking research findings. This is just a small slice of the Center’s research publications this year.

With one of the highest number of churches per capita in the nation, Lynden is widely considered the “bible belt” of Western ...

Half of the world’s population lives in just seven countries. But some of the world’s religious groups are even more ...

One year into his rule Syria's leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses.

Israel literally means “One who struggles with God." The origin of the name Israel is a Biblical verse, referring to Jacob: ...

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain wrote a short story “Souro Jagat” (The Solar System) in the early 1900s in which Gauhar, an ...

The pigeon population has exploded — a result of people feeding the birds. For some it's a holy duty and a way to connect to ...

Somalis are not 'garbage.' They are a gift that all Americans should treasure. (RNS) — Somalis have come, like generations of ...

Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis, nicknamed 'Little Mogadishu,' reflects the cultural transformation brought by Minnesota's ...

The influence of the musical "Saturday’s Warrior" on Latter-day Saint culture cannot be overstated, scholar Matthew Bowman ...

On a gray afternoon in November, a group of 19 people took a walk through grassy fields to a remote Bronze Age stone circle ...