When we try to understand someone else's opinions in their most reasonable form, we are immediately engaged in a more ...

I set out almost three years ago to travel the country and talk with as many ordinary Americans as possible to understand why we’re so deeply divided. This year, the “America at a Crossroads” team and ...

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our ongoing Between Us series, examining the factors that contribute to polarization and prevent good governance, good citizenship and good relationships — and ...

This year's campaign season was filled with divisive, sometimes downright hostile language. And now a lot of folks may be gearing up for holiday conversations with loved ones who disagree with them.

What does community mean to you? That was the premise of a reporting project CPR News took on this past fall that sought to understand various Coloradans' way of life. Participants shared what their ...

(The Conversation) — The key to civic coexistence might be learning to look out for neighbors even if we can’t stand them. No friendly feelings required. Alas, not really. It turns out both sides ...

“It’s OK to have a difference of opinion and still agree on the fact that we want a better Wisconsin,” according to George Brooks of Sussex. Brooks was one of more than 400 Wisconsinites who ...

This is the fourth in a series of posts describing how we can have more successful political conversations, in both our civic and personal lives. When we make a sustained effort to regard our ...