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Polarization

Hope for Our Greatest Political Divide

By Filings on Tue, 05/12/26
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“The average Gen-Z female is now 30 percentage points more liberal than the average Gen-Z male. Moreover, males are 13 percentage points more likely than females to say religion is ‘very important’ in their lives.” - TGC

Listen to People You Disagree With

By Filings on Fri, 04/17/26
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“We live in a culture where we are relatively isolated, and it’s easy to create an online bubble around me of people who think like me. It’s not easy to intentionally move out of that bubble and to listen to viewpoints you disagree with. But I think now more than ever we need to do that.” - P&D

What We’ll Have to Face in 2026

By Filings on Mon, 01/05/26
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“for all of our polarization, both sides are acting in exactly the same way. The ‘binary’ (as they say) of oppressed and oppressor that the critical theorists keep invoking is also how many of us conservatives have been interpreting just about everything. We differ on who is doing the oppressing, but we all think we are oppressed.” - Gene Veith

Eight Score and Two Years Ago: Lessons from Abraham Lincoln amid Political Polarization

By Filings on Mon, 11/17/25
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“Despite our current cultural and political climate, it’s also true that we have faced significant division before and emerged intact on the other side. Without oversimplifying our unique challenges in the present, we can learn a great deal from the man who led our nation through the turbulent events of the Civil War.” - Providence

Pew: Most Americans see news they think is inaccurate, and about half say it’s tough to know what is true

By Filings on Thu, 10/30/25
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“When looking at partisanship and ideology together, conservative Republicans are the group most likely to say they come across inaccurate news: 53% say this happens extremely often or often.” - Pew

Cycles of Censorship in a Nation of Speech

By Filings on Mon, 09/29/25
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“One party’s freedom of speech is another party’s disinformation and hate speech. Until it isn’t. Repeat.” - Acton

Our Real Enemy in the Culture Wars Is Nihilism

By Filings on Mon, 09/22/25
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“It’s this lack of belief in the good, true, and beautiful that leads us down the paths of perpetual power struggle, to thirsting for nothing beyond the will to power, and to a dark abyss. We must not lose sight of that as we search for answers to what ails us.” - Dispatch Faith

Americans remain concerned about press freedoms, but partisan views have flipped since 2024

By Filings on Fri, 04/25/25
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2024: 47% of Republicans/Republican-leaning “said they were extremely or very concerned about restrictions on press freedoms.” Democrats /Democratic-leaning:38%. Today:Democrats (60%), Republicans (28%). - Pew

Trump and Obama Share Friendly Exchange at Carter’s Funeral

By Filings on Fri, 01/10/25
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“The event was a rare glimpse into the lives of presidents away from politics.” - TAC

Faithful Christianity in a Tribal Age

By Filings on Wed, 09/25/24
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“If we truly love our neighbors… how can we not work to shape the policies that affect our neighbor’s flourishing? And yet, there is a temptation in this age toward partisanship that goes beyond mere civic action, a totalizing approach that becomes less about stewarding citizenship and more about an all-encompassing social identity.” - Daniel Darling

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