Tag: Political polarization
From moral authority to risk management: How university presidents stopped speaking...
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
Throughout the 20th century, college and university presidents spoke out on everything, from wars to...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water,...
Andres B. Sanchez Alvarado, Rice University
Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers...
