… Extremism trackers say the past two years of fighting pandemic restrictions have given far-right groups a new generation of recruits and a blueprint for taking the lead in conservative organizing. The midterm season, they warn, brings a heightened risk of political violence, as armed groups build on those gains […] Read more »
Covid and the ‘Very Liberal’
The left-right divide over Covid-19 — with blue America taking the virus more seriously than red America — has never been the pandemic’s only political divide. Each partisan tribe has also had its internal disagreements. … The key dividing line appears to be ideology. Americans who identify as “very liberal” […] Read more »
How COVID has changed (most of) us
Americans are reentering a more expansive state of mind. COVID seems less threatening. More of us are resuming our normal lives. But this raises the question – what is “normal” after two years of a global pandemic? Hard to say. COVID will leave its imprint long into the future. One […] Read more »
Biden’s Uncertainty Principle
The “return to normalcy” in American life is starting to look something like the horizon: It recedes whenever you approach it. For President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats anxious about the November midterm elections, nothing could be more ominous. Last summer’s Delta wave dashed hopes that the deployment of COVID […] Read more »
CBS News poll analysis: After two years, most say COVID divided the country
Over the last two years, the country has witnessed illness and lives lost as a result of the COVID pandemic, but there is another lasting collective impact: division. Fighting the virus is an effort that Americans say has divided the country, not united it. The splits in public opinion we […] Read more »
More boosters, more variants, but less concern: Americans face future of COVID pandemic
Two years in, Americans’ concern about COVID-19 has dropped to its lowest level since the CBS News poll started tracking it in the spring of 2020, but they aren’t ready to say the pandemic is over. Most foresee a lasting vigilance, including a need for more booster shots, and most […] Read more »