For the first time, the United States has been classified as a “backsliding democracy” in a global assessment of democratic societies by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral ...

Merriam-Webster named "polarization" the word of the year in 2024. Hopefully, by identifying a problem, the country can begin to address it. However, the term itself is deeply problematic.

Fears of extreme polarization are repeated widely these days. Yet the process of polarization is one that can be understood and managed. Rather than wringing our hands and wondering what we did to ...

As the United States continues to become more polarized, and contentious issues are grappled with nationally and at Cornell, the role of the media in creating political division has been called into ...

Social media can exacerbate this polarization, especially when the algorithms social media companies use feed content that not only aligns with a user’s political views but also attacks the opposing ...