Tag: Political polarization
What the First Amendment doesn’t protect when it comes to professors...
Neal H. Hutchens, University of Kentucky and Jeffrey C. Sun, University of Louisville
American colleges and universities are increasingly...
Charlie Kirk talked with young people at universities for a reason...
Daniel Ruggles, Brandeis University
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10, 2025, at the start of a...
Forcible removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla signals a dangerous shift...
Charlie Hunt, Boise State University
Democratic leaders and a lone Republican senator, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, quickly decried the treatment...
Avoiding your neighbor because of how they voted? Democracy needs you...
Betsy Sinclair, Washington University in St. Louis
Are you angry about politics right now? Seething? You’re not alone. According...
Making it personal: Considering an issue’s relevance to your own life...
Rebecca Dyer, Hamilton College and Keelah Williams, Hamilton College
Political polarization can be reduced when people are told to...
Ads, food and gambling galore − 5 essential reads for the...
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
On Sunday in Las Vegas, the Kansas City Chiefs will be looking to win their...
Name-calling in politics grabs headlines, but voters don’t like it –...
Beth L. Fossen, Indiana University
Spending on political advertising is setting records in the midterm elections. But evidence shows...
Can Joe Biden ‘heal’ the United States? Political experts disagree
Arie Kruglanski, University of Maryland and Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University
Editor’s note: When Joe Biden becomes president on Jan. 20, 2021, he will lead...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
