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Jennifer Lynn McCoy receives funding from the Carnegie Corporation for an Andrew Carnegie fellowship on depolarization as well as the Institute for Humane Studies.. She is Regent's Professor of ...

Americans are more politically divided today than we’ve ever been. You’ve probably heard that, not only because it’s true, but because it’s meaningful in all kinds of contexts: online, at the polls, ...

When it comes to national politics, Americans are fiercely divided across a range of issues, including gun control, election security and vaccines. It's not new for Republicans and Democrats to be at ...

One Sunday, Ryan Burge looked out over his Mount Vernon, Illinois, church as the pianist played the service’s prelude. The American Baptist part-time pastor counted nine people in the sanctuary, ...

Ilia Murtazashvili does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Political approval has collapsed below 30%, signaling deep polarization nationwide. Braver Angels runs workshops in Idaho to bridge red‑blue divides and rebuild trust. Citizens should diversify news ...

With age comes social media mania. Older generations are driving political polarization and conspiracy theories on top internet platforms, while Zoomers tend to be more issue-focused rather than on ...

Politicians and policy experts like to talk about the “root causes” of crime, homelessness, poverty, rising prices and other problems. If they want to understand the root cause of political ...

Pollsters, news anchors and newspaper columnists say America is polarized. The day before the 2024 presidential election, The New Yorker released an article titled “The Americans Prepping for a Second ...