Tag: Polarization
Why can’t Americans agree on, well, nearly anything? Philosophy has some answers
James Steiner-Dillon, University of Dayton
Does wearing a mask stop the spread of COVID-19? Is climate change driven primarily...
What will 2022 bring in the way of misinformation on social...
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University; Dam Hee Kim, University of Arizona, and Ethan Zuckerman, UMass Amherst
At the end...
Debunking the myth of legislative gridlock
Jeb Barnes, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
So much for gridlock.
President Joe...
3 reasons for information exhaustion – and what to do about...
Mark Satta, Wayne State University
An endless flow of information is coming at us constantly: It might be an article a friend shared on Facebook...
Fox News viewers write about ‘BLM’ the same way CNN viewers...
Mark Kamlet, Carnegie Mellon University; Ashique KhudaBukhsh, Carnegie Mellon University, and Tom Mitchell, Carnegie Mellon University
It’s no secret that U.S. politics has become highly...
Unlike US, Europe picks top judges with bipartisan approval to create...
David Orentlicher, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court immediately sparked a bitter partisan fight.
But choosing judges...
Philosophy and psychology agree – yelling at people who aren’t wearing...
Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University, State University of New York
There is strong scientific evidence that wearing a mask reduces the risk of transmitting the coronavirus....
Angry Americans: How political rage helps campaigns but hurts democracy
Steven Webster, Indiana University
As the 2020 presidential election draws near, one thing is clear: America is an angry nation. From protests over persistent racial...
EXPLORING NATURE
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...
