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What can be done to lessen political polarization in the U.S.? A few nonprofit organizations are trying to amplify their methods to tone town the temperature. Rob Dobi/Getty Images

3 strategies to help Americans bridge the deepening partisan divide

People acknowledging and inspecting their own political biases is one way that they can begin to reduce polarization.
The Chinese government has made extensive use of existing AI technologies, including for surveillance. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

China leans into using AI − even as the US leads in developing it

In the AI game, China has bet on strategic use over innovation, tightening its grip domestically and extending its reach internationally.
President Joe Biden, left, and first lady Jill Biden depart following a presidential debate with Donald Trump on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

‘The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death’: Wisdom from Greek tragedies for Joe Biden

In the ugly spectacle of American politics, it’s hard to keep humanity in sight. But literature, says a poet and scholar of the classics, can remind us of what we know about growing old.
A person signs a bus wrapped with an image of former President Donald Trump during the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 22, 2024. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to understand Trump’s base − they believe, more than ever, he is a savior

While Ronald Reagan is closely tied to this conservative conference’s origins, it has become a multiday event for die-hard Trump supporters.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy leaves a House Republican Conference meeting at the US Capitol on Dec. 5, 2023. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Ex-Speaker McCarthy’s departure from Congress reads like Greek tragedy – but stars a ‘slight unmeritable man’ and not a hero

Kevin McCarthy, the only speaker of the House to be ousted, has quit Congress. The ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as Shakespeare, understood the price of ambition like McCarthy’s: humiliation.

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