For the first time, the United States has been classified as a “backsliding democracy” in a global assessment of democratic societies by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral ...
Merriam-Webster named "polarization" the word of the year in 2024. Hopefully, by identifying a problem, the country can begin to address it. However, the term itself is deeply problematic.
Polarization in the U.S. didn’t rise gradually. A new machine-learning study shows it surged after 2008- but why?
Like water, polarization tends to run downhill, from the national level to local contests, particularly in major cities where candidates for mayor and other office are more likely to run as partisans.
About 10 years ago, political scientist James Adams saw something troubling. New polls asked Americans whether they agreed or disagreed that people in the opposing political party weren’t simply wrong ...
The previous article was a critique of the word "polarization". This article suggests replacements to use instead, the new words "overthreat" and "undertrust." The criticisms of the term polarization ...
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