Tag: Political Polarization

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) smiles with a raised fist amid speaking during a watch party at a hotel on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.

Fairness and Justice

Message to the Democratic legislative majority: Serve the people, don’t replay the past

Eric Wargotz · November 4, 2026 1:59 pm

Inside Scoop: Uncertainty in Israel, political food fight, do politicians have any virtues left?

Amy DeLaura · November 4, 2026 5:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally.

Hate Trump all you want — sticking a disease label on him is gross wishful thinking

Meda Parameswara Reddy · November 2, 2026 8:00 am

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America is holding an election. It needs a divorce

Michael Levin · November 1, 2026 9:00 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) campaigns in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Oct. 17, ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) stands to Newsom's left, and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Cinde Warmington stands to the California governor's right. (Reba Saldanha/AP)

Gavin Newsom touts ‘ruthless’ approach to politics in New Hampshire pitch

David Sivak · October 31, 2026 7:15 am

Former President Barack Obama speaks in support of Democratic candidates Sen. Jon Ossoff and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms during a rally on Oct. 28 in Morrow, Georgia. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Obama is ‘tired of being divided’: Pot, meet kettle

Peter Cordi · October 30, 2026 7:05 am

What Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke and George Mason can teach conservatives about introspection and debate.

What Burke, Paine, and Mason can teach conservatives about debate

Jason Thompson · October 30, 2026 6:30 am

Doctor drawing up COVID-19 vaccine from glass phial bottle and filling syringe injection for vaccination.

mRNA shouldn’t have a party affiliation

Arie Blitz · October 27, 2026 11:00 am

education teachers public schools

Divisive concepts and those who teach them

Dana Stangel-Plowe · October 24, 2026 8:12 am

Bucks County demonstrators.

The conservative who said yes to Bucks County, USA

Salena Zito · October 21, 2026 4:18 pm

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Patriotism and Unity

The degree is the divide

Jeffrey Janik · October 21, 2026 11:00 am

The American flag over the Capitol is illuminated by the early morning light in Washington, Oct. 1, 2025.

We built a Frankenstein Congress: Thirty-four laws, 2,000 hearings, and ‘gotcha’ politics eating us alive

Eric Wargotz · October 11, 2026 9:00 am