America has been deeply divided before. Here’s why today’s divisions are different

At 250 years, America’s fault lines are showing. Partisan and regional divisions rival the most intense internal conflicts it ...
WHYY

How our regional differences divided America

Historian Colin Woodard joins us to discuss how our regional differences have pulled us apart and how we can create a more perfect union. As we get ready to mark the country’s 250th anniversary, we ...

‘Different worlds’: Americans see a huge divide between haves and have-nots, new poll shows

A national NBC News poll finds 81% of Americans say there is more that divides than unites the wealthy and those who aren’t wealthy.
National Bureau of Economic Research

Zero-sum Thinking and the Roots of US Political Differences

We investigate the origins and implications of zero-sum thinking: the belief that gains for one individual or group tend to come at the cost of others. Using a new survey of 20,400 U.S. residents, we ...
IEEE

The Bernstein Expansion for Rational Differentiable Functions in Newton Divided Differences Form

Abstract: In this paper, we address the Bernstein expansion of rational Differentiable functions in Newton Divided Differences form. We extend the approach of ...