american history

Bipartisanship and Polarization Encouraging Bipartisanship Political Pen Pals Debates

Two Perspectives on Polarization in America

Glenn Geher and Jordan WylieMarch 24, 2022

by Glenn Geher and Jordan WylieMarch 24, 20220

Is America Truly Polarized or is the Nature of Polarization Misconstrued?...

Civility Without Borders Foreign Policy Political Pen Pals Debates

America Abroad: Leader of the Free World or Imperial Power?

Charles Kupchan, Abigail Hall and Alexander SalterMarch 3, 2022

by Charles Kupchan, Abigail Hall and Alexander SalterMarch 3, 20220

Should the United States Embrace its Role as a Global Hegemon?...

Constitutional Questions Domestic Policy Political Pen Pals Debates

Do We Need the Equal Rights Amendment Today?

Cathi Herrod, Sean Fischer and Kim Forde-MazruiJuly 5, 2021February 28, 2022

by Cathi Herrod, Sean Fischer and Kim Forde-MazruiJuly 5, 2021February 28, 20220

Multiple Perspectives on the ERA and its Impact on Women’s Rights...

Constitutional Questions Domestic Policy Op-eds

My Suggestions for the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court

Raymond J. McKoskiJune 22, 2021February 28, 2022

by Raymond J. McKoskiJune 22, 2021February 28, 20220

Partisan Proposals Could Irreversibly Damage the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court...

Book Club Domestic Policy

Beyond Abolishing the Electoral College

Paul SchumakerOctober 28, 2020February 28, 2022

by Paul SchumakerOctober 28, 2020February 28, 20220

Paul Schumaker is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Kansas...

Domestic Policy Political Pen Pals Debates

Abolish the Electoral College? Differing Perspectives

Paul Burstein and Robert WilkesSeptember 27, 2020February 28, 2022

by Paul Burstein and Robert WilkesSeptember 27, 2020February 28, 20220

In Defense of the Electoral College By Robert Wilkes The demand...

Bipartisanship and Polarization Book Club

Divided We Fall’s 2019 Holiday Book List

Joseph SchumanDecember 15, 2019March 11, 2022

by Joseph SchumanDecember 15, 2019March 11, 20222

This holiday season, don’t get your friends and loved ones what...

Bipartisanship and Polarization Op-eds

United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Joseph SchumanFebruary 27, 2019March 11, 2022

by Joseph SchumanFebruary 27, 2019March 11, 20223

Abraham Lincoln famously stated that “A house divided against itself cannot...