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Published in: Transformation: OpinionHow to reduce political violence in America
Community-based solutions won’t solve the problems of extremism, but they can help to mitigate violent conflict.
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Published in: TransformationBeyond tribal competition
Shared action is the key to reducing political polarisation, but how to make it happen?
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Published in: Transformation: OpinionWhat does it mean to clean up politics?
If all we do is fight, we won’t be able to forge coalitions that are broad, deep and strong enough to confront our...
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Published in: TransformationHealing a divided nation begins face to face
Lots of projects are looking for common ground across political divides, but are they working?
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Published in: TransformationWhy humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview
This tendency is crucial to political polarisation, but what lies behind it?
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Published in: TransformationHow to make amends for a life of far-right radicalism
Shannon Martinez was a neo-Nazi. Now she helps other far-right extremists follow her back to civil society.
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Published in: TransformationAre evidence-based decisions impossible in politics?
Human psychology and institutional incentives are powerful barriers to truth and reason, but both can be addressed.
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Published in: TransformationWhy we must all reduce our moral certainties
If we want to live in a democracy, we have to reach compromises that make everyone feel secure.
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Published in: TransformationCould more conversation overcome polarization in politics?
Political differences won’t disappear, but we can do a much better job of working with and through them.
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Published in: TransformationTime to ditch the winner-takes-all mentality in politics
Consensus decision-making offers a route out of the Brexit mess. We know it works because we’ve tried it.
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Published in: TransformationActivists don’t need to be so off-putting
What might happen if activists and non-activists could see that they have more in common than they think?
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Published in: TransformationAre we done fighting?
We need ways to build healthier relationships with people who have perspectives different from our own.
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Published in: TransformationHow could citizens’ assemblies be used to tackle climate change?
“When people hear it from their peers who say ‘we’re fucked,’ that will be really powerful.”
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Published in: TransformationHow to have difficult conversations
What if collective introspection made us into better campaigners?
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Published in: TransformationThe imperatives of mutual recognition
Without respect, confidence and esteem on all sides, polarisation in politics will be permanent.
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Published in: TransformationPraxis in a polarized world: the dilemma of activist scholars on the left
If progressive academics want to work with ‘the people,’ then we’ll have to meet ‘the people’ where they are.
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Published in: TransformationDonald Trump and the politics of emotion
Trump’s ability to create a shared mood among voters was honed in the world of professional wrestling.
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Published in: TransformationThe art of dissonance: dissecting the language of Donald Trump
Modes of communication which allow for compromise are being deliberately delegitimised.
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Published in: TransformationCan politics ever be compassionate?
To turn towards suffering and make that the centerpiece of your decisions takes guts and determination. Español
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Published in: TransformationWhat the map of U.S. hate groups reveals
New research offers clues on how to stop the spread of organized hate groups in the U.S.