Polarization?
Listen
"The Coming Storm" podcast series (8 episodes, each is 1 learning activity) from the BBC (about the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection) -- added 10.30.22
NOTE: This series appears to have new episodes coming this fall. They may be added here, but for now only the first eight episodes qualify.
"The State of Disunion," from Throughline, 27 October 2022 -- added 10.30.22
"Tressie McMillan Cottom on the Moral Panics of Our Moment," from The Ezra Klein Show, 13 April 2021
Two- or three-parter:
Take the Perception Gap quiz (counts as learning activity on its own--write a reflection)
Then listen to "Mind the Perception Gap," episode 33 of Your Undivided Attention, 15 April 2021
If you want, read at least the introduction & chapter 1 of The Perception Gap: How False Impressions are Pulling Americans Apart, from More in Common (skim the rest)
Read at least the first 9 pages of American Fabric: Identity & Belonging (skim the rest)
"The Courage to Connect," from Your Undivided Attention, 4 March 2021
"Are the Kids Alright?" from Your Undivided Attention, 27 October 2020
"The Improvement Association" podcast series (5 episodes, each is 1 learning activity) from The New York Times, May 2021
"Shades of Grey," from A Bit of Optimism, 13 July 2020.
Watch
"What America can learn from its divided past," an interview with Jon Meacham and Fareed Zakaria on CNN's GPS - added 10.30.22
UnRepresented, available from the ChattState library with your TigerID/password
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook, available from the ChattState library with your TigerID/password (also available as a DVD for checkout from the library)
Coded Bias, streaming on Netflix (subscription required)
The Reunited States, streaming on multiple platforms (but sadly not free)
Read
"The U.S. Is Headed For a Second Civil War. Here is How We Avoid It," by Peter T. Coleman, from Time, 20 October 2022. -- added 11.12.22
"America's Epidemic of Hate," from Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2022. -- added 11.12.22
"How America Fractured Into Four Parts," by George Packer, from The Atlantic, June/July 2022.
"America is Growing Apart, Possibly for Good," by Ronald Brownstein, from The Atlantic, 24 June 2022.
"Can Marriage Counseling Save America?" from The Atlantic, December 2019
The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization, by Peter T. Coleman (each chapter = 1 learning activity), Amazon link
"The Forever Culture War?," by Shadi Hamid, from The Atlantic, 22 January 2022
"Neutral Bots Probe Political Bias on Social Media," by Wen Chen, Diogo Pacheco, Kai-Cheng Yang & Filippo Menczer, from Nature Communications (a peer-reviewed journal), 5 January 2022.