Common global narratives about political polarization are skewed because of an overreliance on literature about the U.S., ...

Undergraduate students surveyed their own generation—and found more optimism about bridging divides than in any other age ...

Americans are deeply divided. At least that's what we've been told for years. But how divided are we really? A new review ...

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 ...

Optical polarization, a crucial aspect of optics, involves intricate interactions between light and matter. While optical design typically focuses on wavelength and intensity, polarization’s subtle ...

In recent years, political polarization has received considerable attention, not least as an explanation for developments in the United States. Researchers and commentators have warned about what is ...

What might data from scientific surveys reveal about how partisan divides are shaping our workplaces? That’s among the questions that the Polarization Research Lab out of Dartmouth College regularly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, former President Donald ...

When Becca and I left our home town in central Missouri 10 years ago, I made my way to a liberal university in the city, while she made her way to a conservative college in the country. Like many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As 2024 comes to a close, Merriam-Webster has chosen polarization as the Word of the Year. A dictionary is not exactly a public ...

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the ...