How American Schools Can Address Political Polarization

To prepare students to become stewards of democratic life, we need to rethink the entire culture of schooling, writes Deborah ...
Los Angeles Times

Is polarization a problem, or just a reality because the far right has lost its mind?

What’s so bad about polarization? I see the divides between factions of Americans as a troubling problem that we should all be striving to address. But lately I keep running into smart people who ...
Council on Foreign RelationsOpinion

Taiwan’s Political Polarization Is Playing Into China’s Hands

Divisions in Taiwan over how to approach China and how closely the island should align with the United States risk ...
Interesting Engineering

Scientists tweak metals at atomic level to tune electronic properties precisely

A new study reveals how nanometer-scale thickness and interfacial polarization can control metal electronics without changing ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

Political polarization is a dating love-block and may be worse in Trump's second term

With no signs of improvement, political polarization in the United States has reached a point where deal-breakers in dating have increased and are now split along partisan lines, especially under ...
The National Interest

Why Polarization in the Military Is a Growing Concern for Democracies

The first and perhaps the most serious such consequence is the decline of public trust in the military. When people perceive the military as representing one particular ideological view, especially ...
Tennessean

'Polarization' is Merriam-Webster's word of 2024. We don't have to be divided. | Opinion

As 2024 comes to a close, Merriam-Webster has chosen polarization as the Word of the Year. A dictionary is not exactly a public truth teller, but their choice offers a commentary on this moment. Our ...