In recent years, studies and media reports have blamed growing partisan hostility in the U.S. for shattered marriages, broken families, ruined holiday dinners and increased stress. New CU Boulder ...

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 ...

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 ...

Polarization is the splitting of a whole into opposing parts. Source: Dids / Pexels What is Polarization? Polarization is defined as “the act of dividing something, especially something that contains ...