Yascha Mounk’s new book “The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time” arrives at a crucial juncture for American liberalism. In this timely and incisive work, Mounk confronts the rising ...

When you scroll through your daily news feed, you might glance over headlines about minor municipal zoning laws or local road paving projects. These issues can often seem dry and tedious to the ...

The increase of independent political identities has significant implications for the basic functioning of American democracy.

If you want a snapshot of how the right has changed over the past decade, here’s one data point: MAGA activists think Sarah ...

California may soon elect its first Latino governor in modern history. Los Angeles voters nearly denied a second term to the city’s first female mayor. Not long ago, those developments would have ...

This fall, I am teaching a seminar course on polarization. Despite my courses being subject to boycotts, my classes filled up in an ironic twist of fate. The class is intended to present a broad ...

Identity politics have played a significant role in shaping the landscape of American politics in recent years. This Washington D.C. polling station was packed. The line wrapped around the room – some ...

New fault lines are emerging in American society based more on class than race. The shift helped deliver the White House to Donald Trump and could continue to alter the political landscape if more ...

In the 2024 elections, a wide swath of Americans — especially young non-college educated men, Blacks and Latinos — swung towards Donald Trump and the Republicans. Democrats know they must change ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told rally attendees not to let Republicans “trick” them into thinking they “can be separated” by race or into stoking “deep divisions along race, identity and ...