The findings showed that divisions within the US population on social and political issues have increased by 64 percent since 1988. The polarization is closely linked to a fork in the road that ...

About 10 years ago, political scientist James Adams saw something troubling. New polls asked Americans whether they agreed or disagreed that people in the opposing political party weren't simply wrong ...

When it comes to political polarization in the United States, the Pittsburgh region offers a useful window into what communities can do about it. Pittsburgh is a “comeback city.” The once-prosperous ...

The growing divide between men and women’s political ideologies is becoming impossible to ignore. This isn’t just a trend in the West, but a global shift being tracked in places as diverse as the ...

Between 2008 and 2010, polarization in society increased dramatically alongside a significant shift in social behavior: the number of close social contacts rose from an average of two to four or five ...