The U.S. political system is often described as polarizing and difficult to follow. While Americans dominate the conversation ...

Civility protects the processes that give everyone a voice and a chance to participate. Disagreement, even when passionate or angry, is not the enemy. Being unreasonable is what’s un-American. Matt ...

The Culture Cycle shows how people can make, unmake, and remake culture with a shared blueprint and use key social and ...

During my years as a Ph.D. student, I found myself for the first time in a familiar routine. For four years, my life settled into a predictable rhythm—weekly meetings with my supervisor, seminars to ...

Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the country has a few attributes that make it more resilient than you might ...

The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. As party loyalty fades and the definition of that elusive swing voter shifts, elections are ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...

If White House officials want to debate whether political violence mostly comes from the left or the right, they might not ...