by Jean Guerrero What’s so bad about polarization? I see the divides between factions of Americans as a troubling problem that we should all be striving to address. But […]
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Red state, blue state; some are large, one has Marge
by Gene Collier A lot of Americans can steer past Presidents Day without even noticing it, even if they find it suspiciously odd that there is no mail. But most […]
Is there anything they won’t fight about?
by Nicholas Goldberg It’s gotten to the point where even the most obviously nonpartisan issues that Americans ought to be able to address cooperatively and rationally have fallen victim to […]
Research shows we can talk across political divides
by Melinda Burrell As we look at the pictures from Uvalde, Buffalo and other mass shootings, we’re having agonized conversations. It seems inconceivable that “the other side” could look at […]
Why we need a community forum
by Brian J. Allfrey I am not sure what I expected our country to look like in 2021, but I certainly did not expect it to be so fractured and […]
America’s empathy problem — and what to do about it
by Herb Cromwell A dictionary definition of empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It’s not the same as sympathy. As memoirist Rebecca O’Donnell puts […]
