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MIDTERMS 2018 – Vechten tegen polarisatie

Amerika gaat de eindfase van de verkiezingscampagne in na een ongekend turbulente week. Democratische kopstukken waren het doelwit van bompakketjes. Bij aanslag op een synagoge in Pennsylvania kwamen elf joodse Amerikanen om het leven. Je zou verwachten dat dit tot een periode van bezinning zou leiden, maar in de Amerikaanse politiek gebeurt het tegenovergestelde. Democraten en Republikeinen geven elkaar de schuld van het giftige klimaat dat is ontstaan. Niet alleen is de politiek tot op het bot verdeeld, de polarisatie is ook naar binnengeslagen, in vriendschappen en families. De organisatie Braver Angels wil hier iets aan doen. Tijdens hun workshops gaan Democraten en Republikeinen met elkaar in gesprek.

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