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.
Polarization in the U.S. didn’t rise gradually. A new machine-learning study shows it surged after 2008- but why?
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 ...
About 10 years ago, political scientist James Adams saw something troubling. New polls asked Americans whether they agreed or disagreed that people in the opposing political party weren’t simply wrong ...
The previous article was a critique of the word "polarization". This article suggests replacements to use instead, the new words "overthreat" and "undertrust." The criticisms of the term polarization ...