June 26, 2026

How Americans Can Overcome Division to Build Opportunity for Kids and Families

TIME

So why do we feel a sense of fatalism and focus on polarization? “Division sells,” said Kate Carney, Deputy Director of More in Common US, a research organization that studies the forces that divide society. “The people who get the most airtime are the ones who often hold the most divisive views on either end, so that’s what is shaping the public narrative.”