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Of 54 police officers who were charged for fatally shooting someone in the line of duty over the past decade, what portion of the resolved cases resulted in acquittals or dropped charges?

Over the past five years, has the productivity growth of the U.S. labor force been higher or lower than the average of the past 50 years?

What portion of Hispanics living in the U.S. are U.S. citizens?

From where did the modern system of property taxes originate?

Since the dawn of the industrial revolution in the late 1700s, how much has the carbon dioxide concentration in Earth’s atmosphere increased?

The Los Angeles Federation of Labor is a union that helped lead the recent effort to pass a bill through the L.A. City Council increasing the minimum wage to $15 by 2020. What change to this bill is the union now seeking?

Are victims of child sex trafficking in the U.S. primarily from low-income households?

How much has the inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households increased since 1979?

Does the federal government spend more money on domestic food assistance programs (like food stamps and school lunches) or on public order and safety (like law enforcement, courts, prisons, immigration enforcement, and fire protection)?

Is the average real income per person (i.e., their purchasing power) higher in states with private-sector right-to-work laws or in states without such laws?