But according to political risk specialists, the more serious threat to corporate stability may not be protest activity ...

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 ...

Barry Eichengreen, American economist who holds the title of George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, photographed on March 28 ...

There are more “nothing in particulars” [in the U.S.] than there are Protestants or Catholics. If you can convince people to care, now you’ve got something. That’s the main challenge of religion going ...

The EdWeek Research Center examined the degree to which K-12 educators are split along partisan lines. Quiz yourself and see ...

Producers of the Battleground Poll discussed their book on political polarization in the United States and solutions for the country’s political divide with Georgetown University students.

Picture this: A team meeting derails because two colleagues snipe at each other. The root cause: They’re on opposite sides of every issue that hits the headlines. It doesn’t matter that you’ve banned ...

Politicians and policy experts like to talk about the root causes of crime, homelessness, poverty, rising prices, and other problems. If they want to understand the root cause of political ...

A growing sense of political division, paired with declining confidence in governing institutions, is shaping how Americans ...

Immigration. Abortion. Guns. Name a third-rail conversation topic and chances are Xiaowen Xu is talking about it – and she knows you are, too. Xu, an assistant professor of psychological sciences at ...

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