In recent years, political polarization has received considerable attention, not least as an explanation for developments in the United States.

In spring 2024, more than 100,000 people protested in Taiwan's streets. On Threads, a parallel fight was underway.

UK newspapers responded to a major climate ruling by the world's top court by claiming "lawfare" and linking the decision to the U.K.'s proposed handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a new review of global media coverage has found. The review is titled Frames in Newspaper Coverage of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and Their Impact Potential.

For women's health providers, the Dobbs decision that rescinded abortion rights wasn't just an abstract political event.

A new study by Prof. Gabriel Weimann, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University and professor emeritus in the Department of Communication at the University of Haifa, and Daniel Haberfeld, a researcher and head of the Cyberterrorism Desk at ICT, explored the activities of the Handala hacker group, which is linked to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). The study sought to determine whether the group's operations are best characterized as cyberterrorism or psychological warfare.

Listening to someone who disagrees with you on a controversial topic, but shares basic values, might not change your mind—but it could moderate an extreme position, reducing polarization, new Cornell economics research finds.