Political content on social media finds you even if you’re not looking for it, and it tends to do so through a ...

In recent years, studies and media reports have blamed growing partisan hostility in the U.S. for shattered marriages, broken families, ruined holiday dinners, and increased stress. New CU Boulder ...

Recent longitudinal studies looking at the effects of divisive politics on people’s emotional health and well-being ...

Politicians and policy experts like to talk about “root causes”: of crime, homelessness, poverty, rising prices and other problems. If they want to understand the root cause of political polarization, ...

The United States government has been shut down for nearly a month, yet another indication that the political system has become deeply dysfunctional. But the shutdown is just another episode in a ...

I’m a fairly optimistic person, but I’ve found myself despairing about the future and direction of our country. The reason, more than anything else, is the massive political polarization. Nearly half ...

A new study published in The Journal of Positive Psychology indicates that people who score higher in intellectual humility tend to show less political and religious polarization — regardless of ...

Buttigieg urged Americans to disconnect from social media to counter polarization. He cited military service as a model for unity through shared belonging and trust. He warned of Trump's reshaping of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officers respond to the Utah college campus where political activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10. (George Frey / ...

Following an introduction that primarily serves to show the authors’ devotion to every modern liberal academic piety and that they detest the “growing vitriol and extremism” of Republicans, the body ...

Politicians and policy experts like to talk about the root causes of crime, homelessness, poverty, rising prices, and other problems. If they want to understand the root cause of political ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Ryan D. Griffiths, Syracuse University The United States government has been ...