Opinion: Depolarizing Congress starts with relationships that lead to trust
Dr. William Doherty’s guest opinion column in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Coverage of Braver Angels by national print or web news outlets
Dr. William Doherty’s guest opinion column in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Opinion: Depolarizing Congress starts with relationships that lead to trust Read More »
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.
Bridging the divide: How you can help heal a polarized Ohio, starting right now Read More »
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.
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.
How We Can Reconcile With Each Other When Our Politics Are So Polarized Read More »
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
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The JAMS Foundation’s 12th Annual Warren Knight Distinguished Service Award was recently presented to Braver Angels, along with a $25,000 grant.
JAMS Foundation Recognizes Braver Angels for Bridging Divide of Political Polarization Read More »
The Christian Science Monitor // Henry Gass — The week before Thanksgiving, two dozen locals gathered at a church for a workshop organized by Braver Angels Central Texas, a local chapter of a national organization working to depolarize America and promote civil discourse.
When red and blue agree to meet – and not change each other’s minds Read More »
The National Review // George Leef — Some organizations are trying to remind us that we’re better off with civil discourse rather than rancorous name-calling. In today’s Martin Center article, Shannon Watkins writes about that, focusing especially on a group called Braver Angels.
Can the American Right and Left Get Back to Civil Debate? Read More »
Yes! Magazine // Chris Winters — Three weeks after the 2016 presidential election, a group of 21 people came together in South Lebanon, Ohio, outside Cincinnati, to talk. The group comprised 11 people who’d supported Hillary Clinton for president and 10 who’d supported Donald Trump.
The Atlantic // Andrew Ferguson — Borrowing techniques from couples therapy to bring liberals and conservatives back together.
The New York Times // Nellie Bowles — Classes, apps and message boards are trying to bridge the divide between the left and the right, one conversation at a time.
How to Get Trump Voters and Liberals to Talk: Don’t Make Anyone Sit in a Circle Read More »
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.
WATCH: Braver Angels Red-Blue Workshop with Van Jones on CNN! Read More »
The Fulcrum // What’s going on here? Do Republicans and Democrats have vastly divergent conceptions of what constitutes proper and improper presidential conduct? Do they have different recollections of the behavior of past presidents?
The one question every American can ask themselves about impeachment Read More »
AlterNet // On a roadside billboard in North Carolina promoting the Cherokee Guns store, beneath the words “The 4 Horsemen Cometh are Idiots” appear American citizens and congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib, collectively known as “the squad,” whom Trump told to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
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The American Conservative // The Prayer Breakfast is symbolic of various national and local efforts to promote bipartisan respect, civility, and understanding. You wouldn’t know it from watching the news, but there is a growing movement of civility-centered groups, organizations, websites, and social circles sprouting up on every corner.
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.
This Group Got Black Lives Matter And Tea Party Leaders To Talk. Can The Rest Of Us? Read More »
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.
Braver Angels: Bridging the Uncivil Discussion Divide Read More »
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.
Chillecothe Gazette // The Braver Angels Workshop has participants examining stereotypes: the ones they have about the other side of the political spectrum and also the ones that the other side might have about them.
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Los Angeles Times // Amid conflict, Lincoln sought conciliation. Amid anger, he advocated “charity for all.” Amid despair, he summoned “the braver angels of our nature.”
Today’s leaders should ask themselves: What would Lincoln do? Read More »
The Federalist // ‘We’ve reached that point where we view people on the other side of the political divide not only as misguided, but as threats.’
How To Improve The State Of Our Viciously Polarized Union Read More »
Fox News // America is built on the pursuit of a more perfect Union, but today we are yet again on the brink of a civic fissure so deep it threatens our democracy.
MSNBC // Chris Jansing of Voice of the People reports on a Braver Angels Workshop in North Carolina.
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.
The Bipartisan Group That’s Not Afraid of Partisanship Read More »