#Political Polarization

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 Title IX agreements on shaky ground after Education Department rescinds gender-identity deals — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  The Education Department took an unprecedented step this week to nullify Title IX agreements previous administrations had made with school districts over gender identity, laying the groundwork for an ...

  Related: #Education Policy, #Civil Rights
• 🇺🇸 Hunter Biden open to cage match with Trump sons — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Hunter Biden open to cage match with Trump sons

  Related: #Media Spectacle, #Personalized Politics
• 🇺🇸 Where Mail Voting Began, Worries Spread Over Trump’s Attacks — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  In the Pacific Northwest, mail-in ballots have been the norm for decades, but President Trump’s war on such voting has turned a point of regional pride into another partisan battle line.

  Related: #Election Integrity, #Federal vs. Local Governance
• 🇺🇸 5 Takeaways From the U.S. Push Against the Far Left — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration has made countering antifa and other far-left groups a counterterrorism priority, despite increasing threats from the Middle East.

  Related: #Domestic Security, #Counterterrorism Policy
• 🇺🇸 George Clooney Slams White House for ‘Infantile Name Calling’ After Trump Administration Calls His ‘Terrible Acting’ a ‘War Crime’ — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  George Clooney fired back at the White House after Communications Director Steven Cheung released a statement condemning the two-time Oscar winner for saying President Donald Trump committed a “war cr...

  Related: #Celebrity Activism, #Government Communication
• 🇺🇸 Some Judges See Risks in Fiery Opinions Warning of Threats to Democracy — 26/03/2026 [USA]

  Federal judges are weighing strategies for how to respond to the high stakes, anonymous threats and politicized atmosphere of the Trump era.

  Related: #Judicial Independence, #Democratic Threats, #Constitutional Crisis
• 🇺🇸 Slovenia's liberals and populists neck and neck, preliminary results show — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  Early results of Slovenia’s highly contested parliamentary election show governing liberals and opposition right-wing populists neck and neck, heralding a period of political uncertainty in the ...

  Related: #Elections
• 🇬🇧 ‘Anyone but Labour’ or ‘anyone but Reform’? Clash of animosities likely to define May local elections — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>While Labour braces for a rout that could see off Starmer, a rising drive to keep out Farage is complicating expectations</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/23/uk-...

  Related: #Tactical Voting
• 🇺🇸 Slovenia’s governing liberals face right-wing populists in tight election — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  Voters choosing between incumbent PM Robert Golob and pro-Trump Janez Jansa, with neither likely to win a majority.

  Related: #Elections
• 🇺🇸 More federal judges warn of an increase in violent threats — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  A group of federal judges raised concerns about the rise of violent threats the judiciary at a time when President Donald Trump has ramped up his criticism of the courts.

  Related: #Judicial Security
• 🇺🇸 Republican Officials Fuel Vitriol Against Muslims and Islamic School in Alabama — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  A local campaign against the small school reflects growing Islamophobia in conservative enclaves in America and among G.O.P. officials.

  Related: #Religious Conflict
• 🇺🇸 Bobsleigh-US bobsledder Humphries sparks backlash for honoring Trump — 13/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Sports Controversy
• 🇬🇧 French vote tests polarised electorate with right hoping to win control of Paris — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The highest-profile contest is for the mayorship of Paris - which has been under left-wing control for 25 years.

  Related: #Election Dynamics
• 🇺🇸 Why Trump doesn't get a 'patriotic bounce' in polls following Iran strikes — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump's lack of a "patriotic bounce" in the polls from the successful strikes against Iran can be attributed to a mix of factors, including lopsided anti-Trump news coverage.

  Related: #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump says Democrats must cheat to win. What do his supporters think? — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  NPR spent several days traveling across a pair of swing districts in Pennsylvania to find out. The answers show how much has changed since the 2020 election.

  Related: #Election Integrity
• 🇬🇧 How the 'red v blue school wars' exposed the social media gap between children and parents — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Parents were frightened by social posts that seemed to encourage violence at schools. But it was more complicated than it looked

  Related: #Digital Divide
• 🇬🇧 Pro-Palestine protest organisers ‘a pack of communists’ intent on confrontation with police, Minns tells budget estimates — 05/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>New South Wales premier faces questions over what he told MPs who attended demonstration opposing Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia...

  Related: #Civil Liberties, #Police-Protest Relations, #Community Relations
• 🇺🇸 Texas Supreme Court halts lower court ruling on extended voting hours in Dallas — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  The Texas Supreme Court halted a lower court’s ruling on Tuesday that extended voting hours in Dallas County amid Democratic voter confusion at poll locations. The Lone Star State’s high court tempora...

  Related: #Election Law, #Voting Rights, #Legal Challenges
• 🇺🇸 In Vermont, small town meetings grapple with debate on big issues — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Typically concerned with local issues, residents at town meetings in Vermont and elsewhere increasingly use the forum to debate polarizing national and international events.

  Related: #Local Democracy, #Grassroots Activism
• 🇺🇸 Trump slams Democrats over criticism of Iran strikes — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump on Monday slammed Democrats for criticizing his administration's strikes in Iran over the weekend. “The Radical Left Democrats, a Party that has completely lost its way, are complainin...

  Related: #Foreign Policy, #US-Israel Relations
• 🇺🇸 Greene: Trump could use manufactured crisis to cancel midterms — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday said President Trump could attempt to use a national emergency declaration to cancel midterm elections.  Greene said she could “see it” happening i...

  Related: #Election Integrity, #Democratic Norms, #Emergency Powers
• 🇺🇸 AI just leveled up and there are no guardrails anymore — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  CNBC's Deirdre Bosa goes inside the AI-driven market meltdown, the political fight, and the race that's moving faster than anyone can govern.

  Related: #AI Advancement, #Regulatory Challenges, #Corporate Ethics
• 🇺🇸 In the Northwest, Polyamory Finds Something New: Legal Protection — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  From big cities like Seattle and Portland, Ore., to small ones like Astoria, Ore., proponents of “nontraditional” romantic relationships are making headway in getting legal recognition.

  Related: #Relationship Recognition, #Social Policy
• 🇺🇸 How Israel Lost Americans — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  Netanyahu and his government deserve the growing bipartisan opprobrium they’re receiving.

  Related: #Antisemitism, #Anti-Zionism, #Israel-America Relations, #Media Influence
• 🇺🇸 Renee Good's parents remember her love and laughter in interview with AP — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  Renee Good loved sparkles and laughter and any excuse for a celebration. She loved pretty much everyone she met, and was late for pretty much everything.

  Related: #Immigration Enforcement, #Family Loss, #Community Activism, #Justice and Accountability
• 🇬🇧 ‘Sick, demented, extremely low IQ and cries like a child’: Donald Trump renews attack on Robert De Niro — 26/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>After the star made a fresh denunciation of the US president at an alternative State of the Union event, Trump returned fire at length on Truth Social </p><p>Donald Trump has responded to a recent ...

  Related: #Political Feuds, #Celebrity Activism
• 🇺🇸 Whitmer defends trans rights after Trump SOTU: ‘No matter who comes after you, I'll stand in the way’ — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Wednesday defended transgender rights in her State of the State address, a day after President Trump criticized gender transition in his State of the Union addres...

  Related: #LGBTQ+ Rights, #State vs. Federal Authority
• 🇺🇸 Donald Trump Goes Off On Robert De Niro Over Comments At Counter State Of The Union Event; Actor Said He Felt “Betrayed By My Country” — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  Democrats’ counterprogramming to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address didn’t get nearly the attention as the big event, but the president himself took note. Trump was irate on his Truth Social pl...

  Related: #Celebrity Involvement in Politics, #Partisan Counterprogramming
• 🇺🇸 Best and Worst Moments From Trump’s State of the Union Address — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  Nine Opinion writers weigh in on the speech.

  Related: #Economic Policy, #Presidential Communication
• 🇺🇸 Recapping Trump's State of the Union address: From the Politics Desk — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  Welcome to a special edition of the newsletter, in which we recap President Donald Trump’s record-long State of the Union address.

  Related: #Economic Policy, #Immigration, #Presidential Address