Disclaimer: I don't claim that what I say is totally "true," because the truth is elusive in this complicated world. Rather, I'm offering some ideas to help perceive the world, others, and ourselves ...

What might data from scientific surveys reveal about how partisan divides are shaping our workplaces? That’s among the questions that the Polarization Research Lab out of Dartmouth College regularly ...

In light of the hyper-partisan nature of our current politics, the idea of greater state-level control over cities by partisan elected officials is being bandied about in this newspaper and other ...

For as long as Americans have had partisan political competition, they have hated partisanship itself. By his second term in office, in the mid-1790s, President George Washington faced organized ...

A big frustration with education policy is that it can feel so far removed from the real work of schooling. Why is that? What can we do about it? This all seems well worth digging into, especially in ...

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Over the next few months, I hope to write a fair bit about the dominant feature of our political life: polarization. I hope to figure out how deeply split the nation is, and what exactly it is we are ...

Patterns in COVID-19 vaccinations remain largely divided along political party lines, according to one report. The COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor September 2023 found partisanship is still the key predictor ...

Entering the 2024 election year, the Supreme Court is holding all the cards — for better or worse. Chief Justice John Roberts appears reluctant to have his court determine the outcome of the 2024 ...