Thanksgiving is a time for families to come together, celebrate, and reflect on what they’re thankful for. However, it can also be a time when political tensions boil over, especially when family ...

Many of us anticipate this upcoming post-election Thanksgiving holiday with dread, worried that angry political arguments will tear our families apart. We can’t talk to each other, we don’t want to ...

EVANSVILLE — That uncle or aunt gloating over Donald Trump's election win — or calling Trump a monster — isn't going to ruin Eric Miles' big family get-together this Thanksgiving. That's because there ...

A new study shows that moral arguments appealing to care and fairness can persuade both liberals and conservatives in the ...

A recent survey by the American Psychiatric Association found that 20 percent of respondents had cut ties with a family member because of political arguments. Heated discussion about controversial ...

A guy I knew in college once told me, as I struggled to make a point in a dorm lounge argument, that I had “the verbal acuity of shampoo.” The put-down was so devastating that it immediately ended ...

When we argue about politics on social media, it's easy to form the impression that people never change their minds. This impression is strengthened by the fact that we can find ourselves having the ...

Washington: Donald Trump is winning the political argument on the economy, on wars, on immigration, and on pedagogy around sexuality. Kamala Harris is winning the personality argument on Trump’s lack ...

A series of three experiments found that when people evaluate arguments on political topics, their prior beliefs about that topic are more important than the actual quality of those arguments. People ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Political discussions can be a heated topic, especially involving family and friends. But how can you have these conversations without causing problems in your relationships?