Conservatives and Liberals Have Differing Mental Images of God
Americans' divergent conceptions of the supreme being's face reflect our egocentrism, and reveal our emotional needs.
Liberals
Ideology Isn't Really About Issues
New research finds our attachment to political labels is based more on social identity than policy positions.
The Lingering Anguish of the Clinton Voter
Donald Trump has succeeded in making blue-state America miserable again.
Conservatives' Love of Nostalgia Can Be Used to Promote Liberal Values
New research offers leftists a clever way to appeal to those on the right.
Liberals Aren't as Divided as They Think
New research finds that, on public-policy issues, they enjoy a stronger consensus than conservatives.
Who is More Anti-Science: Conservatives or Liberals?
It turns out we all have at least one thing in common.
Liberals and Conservatives Solve Problems Differently
And there's evidence that the approach favored by those on the left works better.
Terrorism Temporarily Turns Leftists Rightward
British researchers report that, immediately after a terrorist attack, liberals tend to think more like conservatives.
Research Gone Wild: Happiness on the Hill
Are conservatives more miserable than liberals?
The Relative Importance of Poverty to Catholicism
Is organized religion organized around culture-war issues like abortion and birth control?
Facebook Provides Opportunities to Learn How the Other Side Thinks
The popular social network offers partisans a way out of the echo chamber.
How You Read Science News Depends—a Little—on Your Political Beliefs
More accurate science reporting helps everybody, but it's mitigated by how liberal or conservative people are.
Happiness: Conservatives Proclaim It, Liberals Display It
New research throws into question the belief that right-wingers tend to be happier than those on the left.
Can You Guess Someone's Political Preferences by the Size of Their House?
The idea of the urban liberal and the rural conservative is not a new one, but it's shocking just how accurate that stereotype appears to be.
Why Would Rudy Giuliani Say Something Like That?
Conservatives and liberals like to hear different things from their leaders.
Ideology Often Trumps Science, Especially Among Conservatives
Two carefully couched studies parse how our political views impact the way we respond to scientific findings.
Liberal Writers More Likely to Note Other Points of View
New scholarship finds major differences in the way liberal and conservative bloggers argue their positions.
The Radical Political Center That Somehow Never Rises
Is it even possible for our country to support a moderate political party?
Study: There's No Place Like My Ideologically Homogeneous Home
Driven by a deep-seated need to belong, Americans are increasingly segregating themselves into ideological enclaves. You're from Liberalville, I'm from Conservative Corners.
White or Black? Conservatives, Liberals See Faces Differently
New research finds people on the political right are quicker to classify a racially ambiguous face as black.
Explaining Liberals to Conservatives, and Vice-Versa
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt can tell you why you feel so righteous about your politics, but will you listen?
Conservatives' Politics of Fear a Biological Response
Researchers looking at how we fixate on threats uncover more evidence of a biological component to the red-blue divide.
Reintroducing Paul Goodman, the 'Public Intellectual'
A new documentary film, "Paul Goodman Changed My Life," tells the at-times risqué story of the seminal public intellectual of the American left whose impact evaporated after his death in 1972.