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Whether you are against or for vaccine treatments, vaccine debates have instilled doubts and distrust among the American people. What will it take for us to come together and search for the truth on issues that matter most?
Is there room for compassion in the US vaccine debates? Read More »
In our latest Sunday newsletter, Randy Lioz relates his experience playing with a pit bull to America’s political divide. Perhaps if our country was less fearful of the other side, we could avoid our own bouts of tug-of-war.
What a pit bull taught me about humanizing the other side Read More »
On the one-year anniversary of January 6th, 2021, John Wood, Jr. and Ciaran O’Connor reflect on the state of American politics and the future of Braver Angels.
The Meaning of January 6th | John Wood, Jr. & Ciaran O’Connor Read More »
Get to know BA Evaluation Steering Committee coordinator Eliza Tanner Hawkins!
As 2021 comes to a close, we look back at some of our top accomplishments over the past year.
Get to know BA Colorado state coordinators Lisa Forbes and Bill Howe!
Colleagues of the Week: Lisa Forbes and Bill Howe Read More »
Get to know BA ambassador program leaders Linda Beck and James Coan!
Colleagues of the Week: Linda Beck and James Coan Read More »
A national headline about their yearbook was a rude awakening for this school, which turned to Braver Angels. How could they open respectful conversation throughout the school community?
How a divided high school took action towards depolarization Read More »
Five years after Braver Angels was born, three of the organization’s founders reflect on the 2016 event in Ohio where it all started.
How Braver Angels Began | David Blankenhorn, Bill Doherty, & David Lapp Read More »
Talking about climate change has proven extremely difficult in our current political reality.
At each moment, millions of us held our breath, and millions more of us raged in righteous fury, or stood in trembling fear. The stakes of our times shone clear, the twists and turns of American life on bright, terrible display. Each a moment of fury and dread that, still unresolved, lives on. Each a moment, we raged and feared, that would end America as we know it.
Last week’s Braver Angels’ debate covered one of the most controversial medical topics in recent history: vaccine mandates.
Get to know the Co-Chair of the Orange County/South Bay Alliance.
On an all-women roundtable edition of our podcast, two Red and two Blue Braver Angels leaders get personal about abortion.
Can We Talk About Abortion? | April Lawson, Alma Cook, Sage Snider, & Mónica Guzmán Read More »
Kirsten Powers, senior political analyst at CNN, chats with Mónica Guzmán about what grace is and isn’t, and how to make grace a daily habit.
Understanding the American Schism | Seth David Radwell with Ciaran O’Connor Read More »
“Call our recent debate on America’s interventions abroad “civil,” and it would be an understatement.”
The pros and cons of nation-building: A debate on American intervention Read More »
John Wood Jr. and Dave Rubin challenge each other on the path to unity.
Are We Too Divided to Heal? A Conversation with Dave Rubin Read More »
“Debate is a way of taking seriously the power other people have to make the world better or worse, asking them to use that power differently, and making a real case for them about why.”
Kirsten Powers, senior political analyst at CNN, chats with Mónica Guzmán about what grace is and isn’t, and how to make grace a daily habit.
Grace Under (Political) Pressure? | Kirsten Powers with Mónica Guzmán Read More »
Andrew Yang joins Silas Kulkarni and John Wood, Jr. to talk electoral reform, political polarization, and navigating race and identity in political discourse.
Moving Depolarization Forward | Andrew Yang with John Wood, Jr. & Silas Kulkarni Read More »
Get to know Braver Angels ambassadors Barbara Thomas and Rick Hotchner.
Colleagues of the Week: Barbara Thomas and Rick Hotchner Read More »
Hawk Newsome, David Iwinski, and Dr. Tess Russell gather with host Ciaran O’Connor to talk about public trust, science, and the COVID vaccine.
In this unique debate, Reds and Blues offered a wide range of opinions that couldn’t be sorted neatly into one camp or the other, leaving room for nuance.
Does America need a revolution? Hear arguments from our recent debate Read More »
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