The U.S. has seen an uptick in political polarization, as well as growing political unrest in recent weeks, such as the assassination of Minnesota politician Melissa Hortman and protests over ...

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the ...

The answer is no. These Critical Questions use core findings from the academic literature on civil wars and political violence to situate recent tragic events and fundamentally challenge the notion ...

The term has increasingly been invoked on social media after major political moments, highlighting divisions among Americans. Data includes posts, reposts and replies from July 1, 2025, to 7:45 p.m.

Some years ago, trying to understand what it might take to break America’s fever of political violence, I asked a former federal prosecutor what she thought about the possibility of a second civil war ...

Over a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...