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“Parasocial” Announced As Word Of The Year 2025 – Does It Describe You? And Is It Even Healthy?

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...
Pew Research Center

Americans say politically motivated violence is increasing, and they see many reasons why

Across the country – and across the political spectrum – Americans see politically motivated violence as on the rise in the United States. How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this study to ...
Scientific American

U.S. Protesters Increasingly Reject Political Violence, ‘No Kings’ Survey Finds

The most recent “No Kings” marches across the U.S. marked a sharp turn away from protesters’ acceptance of political violence, suggests one early survey by sociologists. Millions of people nationwide ...
FactCheck.org

What We Know About Political Violence in America

In the days following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump and others in his circle have portrayed political violence as a problem exclusively or mostly on the left ...
The White House

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

Section 1. Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence. Heinous assassinations and other acts of political violence in the United States have dramatically increased in recent years. Even in ...
csis.org

Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us

In recent years, the United States has seen an increase in the number of left-wing terrorism attacks and plots, although such violence has risen from very low levels and remains much lower than ...
PBS

Analysis: What data shows about political extremist violence

This article was originally published by The Conversation. After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist ...
New Republic

I t’s Time to Broaden Our Definition of Political Violence

At the 2025 Eradicate Global Hate Summit on Tuesday, Shapiro spoke about the dangers of escalating political violence, which he defined as “people using violence to try to settle political differences ...
NPR

After a wave of horrific shootings, gun violence trends put recent attacks in context

On a visceral level, it feels far too common. A week ago, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at a college in Utah. That same day, a student opened fire at a Colorado ...
Time

Trump Called for a Crackdown on the ‘Radical Left.’ But Right-Wing Extremists Are Responsible for More Political Violence

White nationalists participate in a torch-lit march on the grounds of the University of Virginia ahead of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 11, 2017Stephanie Keith—REUTERS ...
Pew Research Center

42% of social media users say the sites are important for them getting involved with political, social issues

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 ...