This is a summary of a story that ran originally on the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences website. Want to get involved in politics but don’t know how? Political scientist Allison Anoll has this ...

Americans’ engagement with others is not one-dimensional. Instead, they sort into four distinct groups that reflect different ...

The principle of intellectual charity is fundamental to constructive political conversations. This principle states that, in any discussion, we should accept the best version of an opponent’s ideas, ...

Political disagreements can be a source of connection around the dinner table. The holidays are supposed to bring families together. But for many Americans, the holidays have become a season of ...

In a recent NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, Republicans and Democrats described people in the other political party as "closed-minded" and "dishonest" when talking about politics. That doesn't bode well for ...

This Pew Research Center study goes beyond Americans’ partisan attachments and vote choices to explore the values and attitudes that underlie the political landscape and the Republican and Democratic ...

This is the fourth in a series of posts describing how we can have more successful political conversations, in both our civic and personal lives. When we make a sustained effort to regard our ...