Dr. William Doherty’s guest opinion column in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
April Lawson appeared on ABC 6 News to discuss Critical Race Theory.
Janine Shipley and Ron Hall share 30 years of friendship, a sense of faith, and a desperate urge to understand a deeply polarized country.
The USA TODAY Network Ohio is partnering with Braver Angels, a nonprofit founded in the wake of the 2016 election to help reunite “red” and “blue” America.
Braver Angels is a bipartisan nonprofit that aims to create dialogue across political lines, and believes that couples can learn to respectfully disagree.
David Blankenhorn believes the collapse of partisan goodwill is only a symptom of a collapse of trust in one another – and he wants to fix it.
Randy Lioz talks about his experience joining Braver Angels.
A family therapist has the tools for you and your loved ones to survive the next few weeks
Sharp political divisions have disconnected us from friends and family. Here’s how to find common ground again.
Sharp political divisions have disconnected us from friends and family. Here’s how to find common ground again.
A family therapist has the tools for you and your loved ones to survive the next few weeks
Steve Saltwick with the Central Texas Chapter of Braver Angels talks about what they want to change to bring people back together.
Braver Angels co-founder Bill Doherty on maintaining healthy relationships during COVID-19.
“Conversational receptiveness” can be learned
The JAMS Foundation’s 12th Annual Warren Knight Distinguished Service Award was recently presented to Braver Angels, along with a $25,000 grant.
CNN // A red-blue workshop in Evanston, IL welcomed CNN’s Van Jones — and participants from the left and right reflected on the personal impact that Braver Angels programming had for them.
The Federalist // ‘I don’t know at what point we moved from disagreeing with the argument to hating the person, and that scared me. I decided I have to do something,’ says this Braver Angels delegate.
RealClearPolitics // 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 Braver Angels can do it – and will – at its second bipartisan national convention later this week.
USA Today // In the Trump age, political polarization in the United States has never been higher. Groups like Braver Angels are promoting civility to lower angst.
Atlantic Magazine // One Saturday morning this past fall, a handful of progressive voters were seated in a neat circle, pondering why more people don’t agree with their preferred policy solutions for the country.
North Jersey Record // A widening political divide has a small group of republicans and democrats trying to restore civil discourse in the place where the union was saved.
ABC News // One of the principle rules is not to get anyone to abandon their core beliefs.
The Federalist // Braver Angels sets up ‘red-blue workshops’ in which an equal number of conservative and progressive adults talk about their differences within a structured format.
USA Today // Sheila Kloefkorn is a liberal, gay marketing executive in crimson-red Arizona who had a falling out with her family over the 2016 election. Greg Steinbrecher is a conservative aspiring actor from navy-blue California who has been labeled a “Nazi” by his friends for his right-of-center views.
Financial Times // What happened when hardened Democrats and Republicans got together in the same room.
Oprah Magazine // It’s time for every last American to listen with less anger, argue with more grace and find the way to higher ground.
CBS This Morning // A recent CBS News poll found the number of Democrats and Republicans with negative views of the other party is growing. But a group called Braver Angels is trying to bridge the gap. People with differing opinions from the same community talk face-to-face to ease tensions.
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. The anger inevitably gets directed at the N.R.A., those who support gun rights, and the politicians who refuse to do anything while children die.
Real Clear Politics // America has always been a partisan country, but not always as sharply as today.
NPR // Braver Angels hopes to bridge this era’s political chasm.
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