Americans may be deeply divided politically, but when it comes to their closest relationships, there’s still a surprising amount of common ground — especially at home. New CivicScience data finds that ...

New research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied suggests that people often overestimate their understanding of political facts. This tendency to be overconfident appears most ...

Diversity among students and researchers is a common goal across academia. This has been driven by a desire to increase opportunities for the historically marginalized in higher education—moving away ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at what makes people feel proud of their country. We asked an open-ended question allowing people in 25 countries to share, in their own words, what makes them ...

Yale political theorist Hélène Landemore has a soft spot for shy people — the wallflowers least likely to seek or desire power. She believes shy people should play a bigger role in governing. In fact, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taking the time to listen, and the time to speak honestly, may not change someone’s mind about a topic, but it may open them up to ...

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