As American society has grown more divided, that rift has seeped into corporate culture. Businesses today are scrutinized for their political positions as much as for their goods and services. This ...

We see it every day—people across the globe are more polarized than ever. We're increasingly divided on important social issues, from climate change and the economy to racial justice and gender ...

The political climate has shifted away from rewarding companies that try to solve the world's ills to rewarding those that double down on their profit-making mission. In recent years, left-leaning ...

Social issues Topics connected to social issues invite heated discussions. They touch on daily life and controversial viewpoints in society. For instance, the role of social media in shaping public ...

For some, social media is a place to engage with politics, whether it’s to share information about protests or learn about candidates for office. But how valuable do Americans think social media is ...

From posting hashtags to finding like-minded communities, social media has transformed where, when and how people engage with civic and political activities. This chapter uses survey data to explore ...

A recent Gallup poll shows that nearly four-in-ten Americans consider themselves conservative on social issues, up four points since last year and at a decade-long high. But the topline data doesn’t ...

The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words, and students in Assistant Professor Wenjie Liao’s Foundations of Sociology courses this fall put the old adage to the test in one of their ...

The University of California at Santa Cruz hosted its third annual Festival of Monsters academic conference last week with ...

Teachers in Pajaro Valley Unified School District are protesting proposed policy changes they say could suppress classroom discussions on controversial topics by requiring prior approval from ...

More than 50 Northwestern student groups work to address critical local and global issues, from hunger to global health and human rights. We encourage students to become involved. NUCHR is the largest ...

The Catholic Church has welcomed its first American pope, Pope Leo XIV, sparking global interest in how he will tackle sensitive topics like LGBTQ rights, political figures like Donald Trump, and a ...