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News Articles: Political Divide

In this file photo from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 20, 2024, delegates and guests wave signs that say "Vote." On Saturday, the DNC's voting members will elect a new party chair to usher in the future of the Democratic Party.

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  • Politics

The Democratic Party votes for new leadership, choosing Minnesota's Ken Martin as chair

Without control of the White House or Congress, the new DNC chair, Minnesota's Ken Martin, will lead a Democratic Party that is still figuring out its future after a bruising election.

February 02, 2025
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  • Stephen Fowler

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  • Health

Are political disagreements stressing you out? Here are tips to bridge the divide

With only weeks to a divisive election it can be hard to talk politics. Polarization can damage our relationships and our health. We have strategies to reduce election stress, starting with ourselves.

October 15, 2024
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  • Allison Aubrey
(L-R) Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny

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  • Politics

Is this fictitious civil war closer to reality than we think?

Civil War, the new A24 film from British director Alex Garland, imagines a scenario that might not seem so far-fetched to some; a contemporary civil war breaking out in the United States.

And while the film has taken heat for little mention of politics, the question of an actual civil war has everything to do with it.

Amy Cooter is a director of research at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Her work has led her to the question that Garland's movie has put in the minds of both moviegoers and political pundits: Could a second civil war really happen here?

Cooter joins host Andrew Limbong to discuss the actual threat of current political movements in the U.S., outside of the movie theaters.

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Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

April 19, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Country music singer Jason Aldean, pictured here performing at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, Texas in May, is facing a mixed bag of backlash and praise for a new music video that openly alludes to vigilante justice.

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  • Music

How Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' became a political controversy

The country music star is known for his songs about rural life, but critics, especially those on the left of the political spectrum, say his latest music video takes the nostalgic themes too far.

July 20, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
Teacher and kids in classroom

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  • Race

Attempts To Ban Teaching On 'Critical Race Theory' Multiply Across The U.S.

From statehouses to Congress, Republicans have launched into a fight against the teaching of “critical race theory,” which just a year ago was a niche academic term.

May 24, 2021
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  • Daniel Vock and
  • Ross Williams
A worker works inside a lab at the SinoVac vaccine factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. SinoVac, one of China's pharmaceutical companies behind a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, says its vaccine will be ready by early 2021 for distribution worldwide, including the U.S.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: The Politicization Of Public Health

Friday on Political Rewind: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been the gold standard of global public health organizations for many decades. But recent efforts to marginalize and undermine such trusted public health agencies — including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — are complicating the COVID-19 response.

How does this affect Americans' perceptions and the country's ability to combat coronavirus, particularly when a vaccine does become available? We discuss the politicization of a pandemic.

September 25, 2020
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
In this July 31, 2014, file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in her chambers in at the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life And Legacy — And The Political Battle To Come

Monday on Political Rewind, we paid tribute to the career and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

And now, as we head into the final stretch before the 2020 election, a look at the monumental battle that’s unfolding in Washington to fill her seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

September 21, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • and 2 more
A couple hugs and laughs as they have lunch in a restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden. This photo, taken Apr. 4, 2020, illustrates Sweden's relatively relaxed response to coronavirus, in contrast with the lockdown approach taken by many other countries.

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  • News

The Merits, Risks And Politics of Sweden's Herd Immunity Strategy

Compared to the lockdowns and shuttered businesses in countries across the world, Sweden is an outlier. Swedish officials have advised citizens to work...

May 08, 2020
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Singer-songwriter, activist, and author Billy Bragg is out with a new work: a political pamphlet titled "The Three Dimensions of Freedom."

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  • News

Musician And Author Billy Bragg Says Free Speech Depends On Accountability, Music On Empathy

Billy Bragg is many things: a poet, punk rocker, folk musician, and singer-songwriter. He’s also an activist, music historian, and best-selling author....

May 01, 2020
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott

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  • Performing Arts

Comedian Hari Kondabolu Brings His Political Humor to Georgia Stages

Hari Kondabolu is a comedian, writer and podcaster based in Brooklyn, New York. He has performed on "The Late Show with David Letterman," "Conan,"...

February 27, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
A voter enters a polling site in Atlanta, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: America’s Partisan Divide

On this edition of Political Rewind, American politics is more polarized today that at any time on our history. So says one of the country’s leading...

July 27, 2018
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By:
  • Tom Faust

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