We can't call out guns, but we can call out polarization. But from my point of view, the problem is guns. The problem is anti-trans laws. The problem is white supremacy.

For decades, Americans' trust in one another has been on the decline, according to the most recent General Social Survey.

A related trend noted in the broader political risk landscape is the growing realignment of countries away from traditional ...

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It offers a detailed view of research on polarization, and what has been learned about the interplay between public attitudes, politics and political violence.

Polarization — the process of deepening partisan and ideological divides — isn’t just a phase. It’s now our default setting. People have fundamentally different conceptions of what is ...

It ’ s not that we need to agree with one another. Disagreement, when civil, is a way we can learn about others’ points of view and realize that there ’ s more than one lens through which to ...

Despite having access to more information than ever before, Americans’ trust in the news has been declining in recent years. Nearly three-quarters of them say the media is making political ...

From the column: "Beneath the surface of Minnesota Nice lies another reality. … Racial gaps persist (here) in housing, ...

Robert Putnam is famous for his 1995 essay “Bowling Alone” and subsequent book by that title describing how Americans were increasingly disconnected from family, friends, and neighbors—with ...

Political polarization is a dating love-block and may be worse in Trump's second term There are now more political reasons for potential matches to get the deal-breaking, incurable 'ick' ...