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The squabbles in Congress have grown so venomous it inspired Reps. Dean Phillips and Dusty Johnson to try something new.

Braver Angels , a nonprofit that works to depolarize the nation’s politics, is hosting a free, virtual, two-part workshop called “Red/Blue,” in which 10 …

Braver Angels has a kind of categorization system for the way different personality types treat political discussion. There’s the peacekeeper, who tries …

That’s why he and two others founded Braver Angels , a group shaped by Blankenhorn’s own personal history. For years, he was an author and …

If President-elect Biden is committed to his pledge to unify the country, he has a lot of work ahead of him. Americans are fiercely split, not only about policy, but on the basic decency of the other side. Tony Dokoupil tests out one idea to ease this strain: give America a little therapy.

Stress from an unprecedented year could lead to conflict during Thanksgiving. Here’s how to handle a political debate at dinner.

Karen Ward and Karen Cotter live in the town of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. There is one thing on which they really don’t agree: politics, and in particular, Donald Trump. Yet despite everything that sets them apart, these two women have become close friends and believe there is a way to heal the political rift that has torn apart so many communities in the past four years

One poll of nearly 2,000 registered voters found that nearly half – 47% – disagree with the idea that the election “is likely to be fair and honest.”

Our political culture is becoming more and more polarized. In such a partisan world, can we still get along with those whose beliefs we can’t abide?

“Conversational receptiveness” can be learned

Political divisiveness is rife, but groups facilitating civil discourse abound. Participants find it’s harder work outside a workshop or classroom.

Borrowing techniques from couples therapy to bring liberals and conservatives back together

Classes, apps and message boards are trying to bridge the divide between the left and the right, one conversation at a time.

Family therapist Bill Doherty talked about depolarizing within your own political circles.

In the Trump age, political polarization in the United States has never been higher. Groups like Better Angels are promoting civility to lower angst.

In the Trump age, political polarization in the United States has never been higher. Groups like Better Angels are promoting civility to lower angst.

During a time of deep political polarization, not everyone could get a representative from Black Lives Matter and the Tea Party in the same room. But an organization known as Better Angels can do it…