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Apr 15 2024
News
How to pick a jury that can judge Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York begins Monday with an immediate and fundamental challenge: selecting a jury that can fairly judge one of the most famous and polarizing figures alive.
“Picking a jury in a case involving someone as familiar to everyone as former President Trump poses unique problems,” Joshua Steinglass, the senior trial counsel in the office of
PoliticoJul 27 2023
News
Tweaking Facebook feeds is no easy fix for polarization, studies find
Landmark research suggests that tweaking how people access news and other content on social-media platforms — to reduce the echo-chamber effect — doesn’t necessarily change their political opinions, knowledge or behaviour.
The findings are the work of dozens of scholars who were given unprecedented access to an extensive trove of user data from Facebook and Instagram; both platforms are
Nature.comApr 18 2024
Opinion
Free Speech Isn’t a Barrier to Regulating Social Media. Profits Are.
You can’t use a mega-sound system to hold a political rally in front of a hospital in the middle of the night. You can’t pack a theater so full of people that no one can reach the fire exits without being trampled. In the physical world, these kinds of noise control and fire safety regulations uneventfully coexist with our First Amendment free speech and free assembly rights. They’re accepted
PoliticoNov 04 2020
Opinion
A Diagnosis for American Polarization
Why are evidence and reason largely absent from political discussion? Why are well-supported facts often no match for emotion? Much of it can be explained by a process called “splitting.” Though little known to the public, the term is used widely by mental-health professionals.
I first noticed splitting a few years ago, when I provided psychotherapy to a depressed college student. At
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Apr 14 2024
News
Colorado Springs area nonprofit community events starting April 14
A Night Under the Stars Red Ribbon Ball — To benefit Colorado Health Network, 6-8 p.m. Friday, DoubleTree hotel, 1775 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd. Registration: tinyurl.com/3d42rbph. Polar Pool Plunge and 5K Run/Walk — To benefit Special Olympics Colorado, 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site at Garden of the Gods, 3105 Gateway Road. Registration: tinyurl.com/4zwwjkht. Swing into
Colorado Springs GazetteApr 12 2022
Perspectives Blog
Two Perspectives on Polarization in America
This blog is written by multiple authors of different perspectives, and published on DividedWeFall.org (Mixed media bias rating).
Political Polarization is Growing and Moderate Ideologies are DisappearingBy Glenn Geher – Professor of Psychology, State University of New York at New Paltz Wherever you are on the political spectrum, you’ve got to admit that political polarization in
Divided We Fall (author)Jul 21 2023
News
Jason Aldean's Wife Defends Polarizing Song Amid Backlash
Country music star Jason Aldean's wife Brittany, has fired back at critics of her husband's song "Try That in a Small Town." Jason Aldean sparked controversy with the release of the song, which draws comparisons between city life and country life, in May, and the corresponding music video, which was recently made public. Amid the uproar, Brittany Aldean supported her husband in an Instagram
Newsmax (News)Apr 12 2024
News
Bucco demands investigation into role of judge's law clerk
The top Republican in the New Jersey Senate wants the judiciary to launch a probe into a judge’s decision to assign her law clerk – a former Democratic operative who once worked for the defendant – to work on a politically polarizing lawsuit involving county organization lines. Senate Minority Leader Anthony Bucco is seeking more information about the role of the law clerk, Nicholas J. Gangemi
New Jersey GlobeJul 25 2023
Perspectives Blog
How to Actually Fix Social Media to Reduce Political Polarization
This blog was written by Aaron Kohrs (Center) of the Braver Angels Washington D.C. Alliance. You can contact him at aakohrs121@gmail.com. It was edited by James Coan (Center), Co-Chair of the Braver Angels DC Alliance. You can contact him at jcoan@braverangels.org.
Social media, and specifically the divisive content it often spreads in our tech-centered society, is regularly cited as
Aaron KohrsAug 08 2020
Background
Point: Political Polarization
Political polarization is a serious problem for the United States because it impedes steps necessary to solve mounting national problems. These problems include rising levels of government debt, illegal immigration, spending on entitlement programs, the deterioration of America’s roads, bridges, railways and airports, the impending failure of employee pension systems, and lackluster economic
Manhattan Institute