Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity

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By Lilliana Mason ’00

Published Oct. 12, 2018

Group identification has come to dominate American politics. Uncivil Agreement (University of Chicago Press), the first full-length book from Lilliana Mason ’00, traces the roots of our political divisions to social sorting. Mason, a trained political scientist, delves into social psychology to explain a polarized system.

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PAW's July/August 2025 issue cover, featuring a photo of people dressed in orange and black, marching in the P-rade, and the headline: Reunions, Back in Orange & Black.
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July 2025

On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.