Enlighten Me: Divided We Stand

In this week’s Enlighten Me, we take another opportunity to highlight work from a student journalist at the University of Delaware.This time — as the nation celebrated its 250th birthday here in 2026 — recent UD grad Delaney Lowe took a deep dive into the political climate in the U.S., a climate that felt tremendously polarized.And during a semester-long look at this political divide, Lowe reported the divide seemed to be widening, even impacting even our closest relationships.