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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...