Polarization and the rise of American political violence

The fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk jolted many Americans and signaled an escalation in our national political climate. It follows a string of violent incidents: the shooting at a rally ... Read More

How congressional dysfunction paved the road to political violence

Speeches that had once been designed to persuade colleagues became performances for voters back home. The grandstanding that now defines congressional hearings wasn’t an accident, but an adaptation to ... Read More

30% Of Americans Believe Political Violence May Be Necessary Amid Rising Polarization, New Poll Shows

Amid increasing political polarization in America, nearly a third of U.S. adults believe they may have to resort to violence to get the country back on track, according to a PBS/NPR/Marist poll ... Read More

Experts fear impact of deepening polarization and perceived political prosecutions

Reforms enacted after Watergate to bolster public confidence in the impartiality of prosecutions are proving dated and ineffective, legal experts warn. Read More

What Daniel Jones and the Colts teach us about fixing political polarization | Opinion

I was despairing about our divided country. Then Daniel Jones and the Colts taught me something about how to fix it. Read More

Research shows there are no easy fixes to political hatred

Reducing polarization and "partisan animosity"—the distrust and hatred of the other party—is remarkably difficult, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ... Read More

Polarization fluctuates around political events, study shows

Political elites in the US are ideologically divided over climate change. A new paper identifies two perspectives: The intrinsic view on ideological climate polarization views climate beliefs as ... Read More

Why government shutdowns are so common in the U.S. but not other democracies

Other Western democracies experience polarization and political turmoil, too, yet do not experience government shutdowns like the U.S. Read More

At Duke, Pete Buttigieg says he’s alarmed we’re in a ‘season of political violence’

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Warning of the danger of accelerating political polarization, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the current ... Read More