Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. The media landscape is a constant battlefield these days. This ...

Now shift to the South Side, where gentrification shapes politics differently. The South Side Flats evolved from a blue-collar neighborhood into a place with many renters and younger residents. People ...

Public interest in politics has significantly increased over the past 10 years, but the proportion of respondents who feel close to a political party has decreased. While interest in political issues ...

Political systems become polarized when internal unity within groups strengthens and the divide between them deepens. As polarization intensifies, societal tensions can grow, making it difficult to ...

A New Year should bring hope, yet it also confronts us with an urgent challenge: the widening political divide that threatens our sense of national community. Recent polling makes clear that ...

The ideological divide between opposing political groups has been drastically increasing in various countries worldwide. This phenomenon, known as political polarization, can lead to greater social ...

A new Times/Siena survey shows a significant shift among voters, as their concerns about the health of the political system overtake other issues. Voters who think America’s political system ... 100% ...

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Ryan D. Griffiths receives funding from the National Science Foundation. The United States government has been shut down for nearly a month, yet another indication that the political system has become ...