- A Polarized Country Is Worse for Democrats Than Republicans https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb3j53/a-polarized-country-is-worse-for-democrats-than-republicans 6 comments politics
- The country is frighteningly polarized. This is why. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-dont-just-think-the-other-side-is-wrong-anymore--we-think-theyre-immoral/2017/06/15/f218c3e4-5207-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html?tid=pm_opinions_pop 33 comments politics
- In a country polarized by politics, Trump and Clinton supporters share a surprising amount in common - Angus Reid Institute http://angusreid.org/trump-clinton-2016 3 comments politics
- 3 In 10 Americans Named Political Polarization As A Top Issue Facing The Country https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/3-in-10-americans-named-political-polarization-as-a-top-issue-facing-the-country/ 11 comments politics
- How an Emotional Day of Kavanaugh Testimonies Reinforced the Country’s Polarized Views http://time.com/5409246/christine-ford-brett-kavanaugh-politics/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter 28 comments politics
- Here’s where we have arrived as a country: We are so polarized that even compromise has become a partisan issue. http://www.nationalmemo.com/how-do-you-vote-for-compromise/#.ujzvj1rxgxy.reddit 19 comments politics
- Opinion | The Supreme Court, Too, Is on the Brink: The polarization roiling the country has the Supreme Court in its grip https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/opinion/supreme-court-religion-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=opinion&pgtype=homepage 12 comments politics
- TIL Pakistan contains more glaciers - 7,253 than any other country on earth outside the polar regions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_glaciers_of_Pakistan 3 comments pakistan
- Mississippi’s special election is taking place in one of the most racially polarized states in the country https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/23/mississippis-special-election-is-taking-place-one-most-racially-polarized-states-country/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b8217ff44966 4 comments politics
- Why Scott Walker’s current troubles were entirely predictable."Walker rose to power in Wisconsin less by reaching out to Democrats and swing voters than by appealing to the conservative base in a state that is as starkly polarized as any in the country." http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/02/scott_walker_has_always_played_to_his_political_base_the_wisconsin_governor.html 29 comments politics
- Yulia Tymoshenko to run for president in Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko, one of Ukraine’s most polarizing political figures, announced that she will run in the country’s May 25 presidential election. http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/03/27/yulia_tymoshenko_to_run_for_president_in_ukraine.html 7 comments europe
- Race and the 2012 election: Obama's election actually increased racial polarization in the country, in both directions. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/race_and_the_2012_election/2011/03/18/ab6dsvjb_blog.html?wprss=ezra-klein 7 comments politics
- What polarization data from 9 countries reveals about the US’s divide between Democrats and Republicans | America is an outlier, but not in the way you’d think. https://www.vox.com/2020/1/24/21076232/polarization-america-international-party-political 4 comments politics
- In Midst of Polarized Times, a Hopeful Experiment in Deliberative Democracy Shows Voters Can Agree on Solutions to the Country’s Problems https://msmagazine.com/2019/10/04/in-midst-of-polarized-times-a-hopeful-experiment-in-deliberative-democracy-shows-voters-can-agree-on-solutions-to-the-countrys-problems/ 3 comments politics
- Brazilians began voting on Sunday in order to elect their country's next president in what has been a highly polarized electoral race. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45776142 5 comments worldnews
- Halliburton Writes Off Remaining $312 Million Invested in Venezuela | Oil production in the politically polarized and virtually bankrupt country continues to plummet. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/23/business/halliburton-venezuela-pdvsa.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbusiness&action=click&contentcollection=business&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentplacement=14&pgtype=sectionfront 9 comments worldnews
- The Antarctics stratosphere has warmed 50 degrees celcius in the last week. This has weakened the polar vortex and put countries like New Zealand in its path, a very rare event https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/buckle-your-seat-belts-dan-corbett-warns-cold-blast-rare-antarctica-stratospheric-warming-v1 12 comments environment
- Although there exists a near-unanimous scientific consensus that trade barriers reduce a countries well-being in the long run, the general public has become increasingly polarized https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-10-07/free-trade-is-no-longer-a-no-brainer-for-economists 4 comments science
- Zimbabwe's state weather forecast department has tuned in to signals from polar-orbiting Chinese satellites to improve the meteorological services of a country which relies on agriculture but has struggled to cope with irrationally changing weather patterns in recent years http://www.ecns.cn/2016/06-10/213825.shtml 3 comments worldnews
- China's interest in mining Antarctica revealed as evidence points to country's desire to become 'Polar Great Power' http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-20/chinas-desire-for-antarctic-mining-despite-international-ban/6029414 25 comments worldnews
- One Nation, Divisible: Our annual American Values Survey finds that the country is badly polarized -- and the blame falls squarely on our political leaders. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/one-nation-divisible/277286/ 3 comments politics
- A Swiss political poster of three white sheep standing on the flag as one of them kicks a single black sheep away has polarized a country that prides itself on peaceful consensus in politics, neutrality in foreign policy and tolerance in human relations http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/world/europe/08swiss.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin 15 comments reddit.com
- ISRO Successfully Launches Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C43) carrying India's earth observation satellite Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) and 30 small satellites from eight countries at the scheduled time. https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/pslv-c43-launched-successfully-with-hysis-and-30-foreign-satellites-118112900209_1.html?utm_source=seo&utm_medium=st 5 comments space
- Partisan polarization on climate change is uniquely severe in Anglophone countries (relative to Western European states and post-Communist states). Individuals who hold free market views in non-Anglophone countries can accept the scientific consensus on climate change. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-018-2332-x 14 comments science
- China has announced plans to develop shipping lanes through the Arctic to become a "Polar Silk Route". Beijing said global warming meant viable routes through the Arctic would become important for international trade. China would work with Russia and other Arctic countries to develop the route. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42833178 22 comments worldnews
- Official Australian travel advice warning of "polar bear attacks" in Norway has been mocked by the Scandinavian country's Foreign Ministry in online posts."Thank you Australia for your concern. We can assure you that in mainland Norway all polar bears are stuffed and poses only limited risk." http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-13/norway-responds-to-dfats-polar-bear-traveller-warning/9326728 265 comments worldnews
- Justin Trudeau will try to charm Donald Trump a man his polar opposite in nearly every way to preserve Canada’s close ties with its most important ally at one of the most unpredictable moments in the two countries relationship. https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/unpredictable-trump-awaits-trudeau-in-washington-for-crucial-bilateral-talks/article33995377/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&click=sf_globefb&service=mobile 6 comments politics
- This Is How India’s Space Agency Plans to Launch a Record 104 Satellites in One Go. ISRO will use the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle to carry three satellites from India, and 101 smaller satellites from five countries http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2017/01/30/this-is-how-indias-space-agency-plans-to-launch-a-record-104-satellites-in-one-go 5 comments space
- Venezuela food company Polar slams detention of local Pepsi workers: President Nicolas Maduro has routinely accused Polar, the country's largest food and beverage producer, of slowing production or hoarding goods to spur product shortages in the OPEC nation's struggling economy. http://www.businessinsider.com/r-venezuela-food-company-polar-slams-detention-of-local-pepsi-workers-2015-12 4 comments worldnews
- As soon as word got out that Venezuelan soldiers were taking over Caracas' warehouse of Empresas Polar, the country’s largest food distributor, the nearly 2,000 workers whose job is on the line went on the offensive and activated their so-called “Plan Garra” (Claw Plan, as in polar bear claw). http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/07/31/workers-in-venezuela-organized-plan-to-protect-their-jobs-from-socialist/ 3 comments worldnews
- Australia stands firm against G20 pack on climate change. Just days after host Australia was embarrassed into addressing climate change at the Group of 20 Leaders Summit in Brisbane, Abbott defiantly held his country's line - the polar opposite of most other G20 nations. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idukl3n0t918c20141119?irpc=932 3 comments worldnews
- Egypt will restrict Ramadan sermons to topics of faith and morality, the state's top official in charge of religious affairs said Sunday, in the latest move limiting political speech in the deeply polarized country http://bigstory.ap.org/article/egypt-moves-restrict-ramadan-sermons 7 comments worldnews
- Greenland will push ahead with a uranium and rare earths mine despite the objections of its former colonial ruler and main benefactor as the melting of the polar ice cap unlocks the country's natural resources, its prime minister said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/21/greenland-resources-idinl3n0kv3g920140121 3 comments worldnews
- Benedict Resignation Could Be Good News for German Catholics. He was a deeply polarizing figure in his native country and blocked the Catholic Church from launching a badly needed renewal. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/benedict-resignation-could-be-good-news-for-german-catholics-a-882734.html 6 comments germany
- Ireland has opened a new investigation into the death of a woman denied an abortion of her dying fetus, as the government scrambled to stem criticism of its handling of an incident that polarized the overwhelmingly Catholic country. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-ireland-abortionbre8am0mb-20121123,0,5580975.story 7 comments worldnews
- "Obama is an illegal immigrant". An almost comically inaccurate rant on the DREAM Act by one of my Facebook friends. This should be Exhibit A in how polarization is destroying this country. http://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bfeature=player_embedded&v=CIRrf8Hfqr4#! 3 comments politics
- "We hear every damned day about how fragile our country is, on the brink of catastrophe, torn by polarizing hate, and how it's a shame that we can't work together to get things done. The truth is, we do! We work together to get things done every damned day." - Jon Stewart - Entire Speech (Video) http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoid=363864&title=jon-stewart-moment-of-sincerity 4 comments politics
- REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A polar bear display for the zoo. Free towels at public swimming pools. A “drug-free Parliament by 2020.” Iceland’s Best Party, founded in December by a comedian, Jon Gnarr, to satirize his country’s political system, ran a campaign that was one big joke. Or was it? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/world/europe/26iceland.html?hp 6 comments politics
- Venezuela's biggest beer producer, food and drink giant Polar, is also the country's largest company still in private hands after President Hugo Chavez's nationalisation drive. Polar is a battleground in Hugo Chavez's 'economic war' But that may not be the case for long. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10229699.stm 14 comments business
- "We're facing an almost united front against the United States regarding Cuba. Every country, even those with whom we are closest, is just saying you've got to change." Hillary Clinton...(Good article about a multi-polar world) http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewarticle/21404 7 comments worldnews