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Get to know Mary Thomas-Vallens, Blue co-chair of Braver Angels’ Orange County/South Bay Alliance!
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10 Things to Ask About the News- Mar. 28th
Every week, BA Media intern Janus Kwong compiles a briefing document for our national media staff’s reference, a guide for thinking through the major news items we and our fellow Americans might have at top of mind.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson and the prism of experience
Each of us is a product of our experiences. Understanding them helps us see that which makes the other human. This seems particularly important to me as we watch the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson unfold.
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Colleague of the Week: Mary Thomas-Vallens
Get to know Mary Thomas-Vallens, Blue co-chair of Braver Angels’ Orange County/South Bay Alliance!
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The Power of Curiosity | Mónica Guzmán with Ciaran O’Connor
We think we have the answers—but what happens when we start asking more questions? Mónica Guzmán chats with Ciaran O’Connor about her new book, I Never Thought of It That Way.
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10 Things to Ask About the News- Mar. 21st
Every week, BA Media intern Janus Kwong compiles a briefing document for our national media staff’s reference, a guide for thinking through the major news items we and our fellow Americans might have at top of mind.
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Are you a part of the 32 percent?
BA Media Intern, Shania Turner, writes about her tense political relationship with her mother
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‘We need to see each other’s humanity in all aspects of life’: One teen’s journey to tackling political division within her generation
Teenagers, like most people, feel worn out by the current political climate. Seventeen-year-old Josie Reich has found a new way to be politically engaged.
The crack cocaine era and the spectrum of black experience
“Black lives matter enough to view black life through prisms more concerned with truth than with the political interests of professional Democrats and Republicans.”
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Are you a part of the 32 percent?
I think it’s safe to say most of us have been involved in heated political discussions with family or friends, whether we initiated them or not. But what flipped the switch from polite family discussions about whose turn is it to go pick up groceries to tense discussions about politics?
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Looking Back in Belfast, So We Can Look Forward in Baltimore and Boise
We already have the other ingredients that have helped stabilize and soothe Northern Ireland. We have the hope; we Americans are an optimistic people. We also have the intent, as seen abundantly in what Braver Angels and like-minded organizations are pushing so hard for.
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10 Things to Ask About the News- Mar. 14th
Every week, BA Media intern Janus Kwong compiles a briefing document for our national media staff’s reference, a guide for thinking through the major news items we and our fellow Americans might have at top of mind.
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The crack cocaine era and the spectrum of black experience
This week we released an interview with Lorenzo Murphy, once righthand man to one of the most powerful drug dealers in America during the crack cocaine era: Freeway Rick Ross. The crack era gave rise to the phenomenon of mass incarceration, the decline of inner-city life and a new age of distrust between African-American communities and police. Our current controversies over race cannot be understood without an understanding of what happened to America—and black America—during this particular period of time.
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Cocaine, Black L.A. and the Story of Lorenzo Murphy | with John Wood Jr.
Freeway Rick Ross’ once right hand man Lorenzo Murphy recalls the crack era.
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“What keeps us from really seeing each other?”
Read Monica Guzman on her new book, “I Never Thought of It That Way”
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10 Things to Ask About the News- Mar. 7th
Every week, BA Media intern Janus Kwong compiles a briefing document for our national media staff’s reference, a guide for thinking through the major news items we and our fellow Americans might have at top of mind.
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Colleagues of the Week: Cylee Gutting, Nirvair Khalsa, and Joy Lubeck
Get to know Cylee Gutting, Nirvair Khalsa, and Joy Lubeck!
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We the People’s Project wants to elevate the voices of working-class Americans
If we gave working-class people a bigger voice in our political discussions, these conversations would sound “more real,” Annette Ritter, a member of We the People’s Project, said.
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“I never thought of it that way”
It is so much easier to talk about people who disagree with us than with them. But there’s no other way when we’re this polarized, I’ve realized, to let our real perspectives check, challenge, and enrich one another. Nor is there any other way to look past our perspectives to the experiences and values that shaped them — the paths different people walk to their views.
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Can We Talk About Class? | Annette Ritter & Len Breslow
Annette is a school-of-hard-knocks grandma from rural Maryland. Len is a retired cognitive psychologist from the suburbs. Here, they share their experiences with social class and explore the depth of America’s class divide.
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10 Things to Ask About the News- Feb. 28th
Every week, BA Media intern Janus Kwong compiles a briefing document for our national media staff’s reference, a guide for thinking through the major news items we and our fellow Americans might have at top of mind.
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Colleague of the Week: Betsy Baker
Get to know the Co-Chairs of Braver Angels’ SoCal / Los Angeles Alliance, E.E. Lukowski & Dan Selz!
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Straight Outta the Black Bourgeoisie | John Sibley Butler with John Wood Jr.
Professor John Sibley Butler shares lessons from the black bourgeoisie.
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10 Things to Ask About the News- Feb. 21st
Every week, BA Media intern Janus Kwong compiles a briefing document for our national media staff’s reference, a guide for thinking through the major news items we and our fellow Americans might have at top of mind.
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Colleague of the Week: E.E. Lukowski & Dan Selz
Get to know the Co-Chairs of Braver Angels’ SoCal / Los Angeles Alliance, E.E. Lukowski & Dan Selz!
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‘You can see a spark in their eyes’: How local Braver Angels support our work
Braver Angels, which is fueled by 10,000 members paying twelve dollars in annual dues, allows people to donate directly to an on-the-ground solution.
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Depolarization in the Age of Misinformation | Jonathan Rauch with David Blankenhorn & Ciaran O’Connor
Author Jonathan Rauch, David Blankenhorn, and Ciaran O’Connor discuss depolarization in the age of misinformation, bridge-building across the epistemological divide, and the Braver Angels approach to controversial content.
10 Things to Ask About the News- Feb. 14th
Every week, BA Media intern Janus Kwong compiles a briefing document for our national media staff’s reference, a guide for thinking through the major news items we and our fellow Americans might have at top of mind.
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Three things that stunned me about Braver Angels debates
Media Intern Janus Kwong attended a Braver Angels debate about homelessness and was surprised with what she found
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Show us your Braver Angels moments
Help us to highlight the story of Braver Angels—your story—by sharing photos from your community!
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