Essex New Daily // The day after the 2016 presidential election, South Orange resident Andy Roth woke up feeling disappointed in the way discussions about the ballot had gone in the country.
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Boston Herald // Nothing spoils Thanksgiving dinner like family members throwing political daggers across the table at one another — a sour sport that pits Trump-cheering kin against Warren-rooting in-laws and ruins the holiday for everyone.
Greenville News // During the exact moment when worshipers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh were being gunned down, an evenly split group of ideologically polar opposites was sitting down in Clemson to begin trying to defuse the rancor that has come to define political discourse in 21st century America.
Clemson ‘Better Angels’ group seeks to defuse bitter political divide Read More »
Washington Times // Liberal Susana Isaacson, 70, and conservative Susan Symingron, 63, are friends who have bridged their political divide but couldn’t find anyone else to join their bipartisan exchanges.
Better Angels tour brings civil discourse to Americans bitterly divided over politics Read More »
The Daily Caller // Sixteen people from both sides of the ideological aisle gathered Saturday for an unlikely experiment: learning how to speak civilly and trying to understand each other.
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The New York Times // This has been an emotional week. We greet tragedies like the school shooting in Florida with shock, sadness, mourning and grief that turns into indignation and rage.
ABC Nightline // Greg Smith and Kouhyar Mostashfi are perhaps two of the strangest political bedfellows imaginable.
CBS This Morning // A recent CBS News poll found the number of Democrats and Republicans with negative views of the other party is growing.
Goals for these Conversations You learn about the perspectives, feelings, and experiences of someone you care about who differs from you politically. You have a sense of satisfaction about how
You probably haven’t experienced anything like a Braver Angels Debate. It’s not a political debate, where competing candidates attempt to win votes. Nor is it a high school or college
The Eagle // New student group holds open debates on policy issues
Students for Free Expression aims to convince students that free speech is nonpartisan Read More »
Better Angels co-founder Bill Doherty, in a talk to students and faculty at the University of Minnesota in Rochester, teaches and demonstrates how to talk with people who differ from
Skills for Communicating Across the Political Divide Read More »
The stadium is packed amid the early November chill for the Super Bowl of the New National Football League. Despite initial criticism, the new format seems to have revitalized the
WCCO Middays // Professor Bill Doherty from the U of M joins Roshini Rajkumar in studio for two segments to discuss how we can regain our civility when it comes to politics and our daily discourse with each other.
Arjen van der Horst // Amerika gaat de eindfase van de verkiezingscampagne in na een ongekend turbulente week. Democratische kopstukken waren het doelwit van bompakketjes.
The Local Live # 233 // In our Round Table, Maura Carlin speaks with Ken Freeman and Sara Silver, volunteer organizers for Braver Angels, an organization that brings people together not to change their views, but to listen and to respect opposing points of view.
In June of 2018, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, 150 delegates, half red and half blue, came together to say that the era of polarization must come to an end. They issued a new American declaration, one that declares that the era of polarization must come to an end. That “We the People” not only must heal our nation, we can. They also adopted a set of principles and a program for ending polarization.
NHK News Web // Under President Trump who attacks to obey people with different opinions, the division of society is deeper than ever in the United States.
“Dialogue can not be established” division of American society Read More »
PrincetonInfo // What do you say, what do you do, a week from today if you wake up in the morning and discover that Trump still controls the Senate and the House of Representatives?
San Francisco Magazine // Braver Angels is doing the saintly work of getting liberals and conservatives in the same room—and teaching them to play nice.
This Group Gets Democrats and Republicans to Do Something Radical: Talk to Each Other Read More »
My Faith Radio // Dr. David Stevens discusses physician-assisted death, the cost of healthcare, and crowdfunding. Then, John Wood, Jr. and Rob Robertson talk about Braver Angels and their work to create productive and humane conversations.
Greenfield Recorder // Although officially described as a workshop, a gathering of “blues” and “reds” on Saturday was also something of a retreat.
TimesUnion // During their pre-Halloween weekend, about a dozen area residents will do something that sounds genuinely scary: spend seven hours talking face to face with others who hold opposing political views.
Red-blue workshop aims at bridging the political divide Read More »
Tredyffrin Patch // The Conestoga Young Democrats and Young Republicans sponsored an event aimed at reducing political polarization among the left and right.
Conestoga Students Host Non-partisan Political Program Read More »
Inside East Sacramento // Local alliance is determined to depolarize politics.
Local Alliance is Determined to Depolarize Politics Read More »
WBTV // Democrats and Republicans came together to talk through tough issues for an afternoon in Charlotte.
Bi-Partisan Workshop Held to Overcome Division in Charlotte Read More »
WCNC // “I may not agree, but they have valid opinions just like I do.”
Better Angels movement hopes to unify a ‘divided nation,’ hosts Charlotte event Read More »
StarTribune // But there’s a way out. It entails building relationships — for real, not for the sake of saying so.
My Faith Radio // It seems that even a name holds enough division to set our pulses racing. A new movement is trying to bring people back together.
Loudoun Now // Mel Pine and William “Butch” Porter have become friends and meet regularly for coffee and conversation, thanks in part to the Braver Angels organization, which seeks to reduce polarization by bringing folks together from across the aisle.
Bursting Bubbles: Local Group Works to Bridge the Red-Blue Divide Read More »
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