by jpitney | Oct 15, 2021 | Polarization
From Pew Research: When it comes to perceived political and ethnic conflicts, no public is more divided than Americans: 90% say there are conflicts between people who support different political parties and 71% say the same when it comes to ethnic and racial groups....
by jpitney | Oct 3, 2021 | Biden, Polarization, Public Opinion
From the UVA Center for Politics: The University of Virginia Center for Politics has partnered with Project Home Fire, a new initiative dedicated to finding common ground in American politics, on an innovative new data analytics and polling project to explore the...
by jpitney | Sep 27, 2021 | Congress, Constitution, Polarization, Virtue
Robert Kagan at The Washington Post: In recent decades, however, party loyalty has superseded branch loyalty, and never more so than in the Trump era. As the two Trump impeachments showed, if members of Congress are willing to defend or ignore the president’s actions...
by jpitney | Sep 9, 2021 | California Politics, Polarization, State Government
David Lesher at CalMatters: Six years ago, we started CalMatters with a bold mission to deliver strong public service journalism that empowers Californians to engage with their state government. I’m excited to share with you that we’re continuing this commitment with...
by jpitney | Sep 7, 2021 | Higher Education, Polarization
From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: Scholars have long been targeted for sanction by ideological adversaries. However, some worrying trends are emerging.[1] The current research reveals that since 2015 targeting incidents are on the rise and are...
by jpitney | Aug 5, 2021 | Civility, Deliberation, Polarization
Across Talk is a new monthly video series hosted by Lincoln Zaleski, a disinformation specialist at Renew America Together. In our fifth episode, Lincoln chats with Selene Swanson, a Research Fellow at the Project on International Peace and Security. Selene describes...
