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The Positive Inter-Religious Effect of Reading About Peace First’s Programs
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog In our last post, we wrote about how we are currently working with numerous partners bridging divisions and one of the common questions that partners...
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Extended Contact and the Broader Impact of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog “It’s really easy to hate someone you don’t know..but when you know them, it’s hard. And when you care about them and love them, it’s impossible.”...
View ArticleWelcoming Conservatives
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog We’ve been a bit quiet on the blog front of late as we’ve been working more with numerous partners across the country who are bringing people...
View ArticleThe Science Behind Heineken’s “Worlds Apart” Ad
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog Clearly some members of Heineken’s ad agency have been reading the social science literature as evidenced by this recent ad (video below), which has...
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The Plight of Refugees Brings People Together
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog Without wading into the wisdom of current immigration policy, I wanted to point out a relatively obvious pattern of group dynamics that we see...
View ArticleMany People are Reaching Out Across the Partisan Divide After Trump’s Election
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog While the media has been focused mainly on partisan fighting, Donald Trump’s election has prompted a lot of people to reach out across the aisle to...
View ArticleBipartisan Bills are not covered by the Media
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog In the wake of an unprecedentedly negative election season, where both liberals and conservatives have questioned the role of the media, we’ve started...
View ArticleRepublicans Orrin Hatch & Lindsey Graham work with Democrats to preserve the...
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog With Republicans now controlling all three branches of government, some have suggested that they should remove the filibuster in the Senate, which is...
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Fight for What You Believe, But Hate Will Never Drive Out Hate
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog I did a radio show earlier today that you can listen to here and I’ve been thinking about the final caller of our segment, who expressed a desire to...
View ArticleA Post-Election Reconciliation Guide for 2016
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog No matter who wins tomorrow, we need to remember that elections are a means, not an end, and the goal of both political parties is to improve the...
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A More Civil Social Media Feed
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog This election season has been ugly enough to turn off even the most avid political junkie and few people will be sad to see it end. Social media has...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Exhibits Civility in Business
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog Civility as we pursue it is the ability to disagree productively with others, respecting their sincerity and decency. It does not mean that you will...
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American Democracy as a Shared Goal that Unites Liberals and Conservatives
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog One of our main evidence-based recommendations is to try to find common goals when seeking to unite groups that have a moral conflict. Recently, two...
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Civil Politics on Science Friday and Peace Talks Radio
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog For those of you looking for a break from the everyday partisanship that characterizes this election season, you can catch Civil Politics on 2 recent...
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Bridging the Divide between Sensitivity to Minorities and Free Speech
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog While we often study issues related to bridging divisions between liberals and conservatives, there are many issues that aren’t quite as clear cut. We...
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Helping People Sympathize with both Cops and Minorities
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog When bad things happen, there is a natural psychological tendency to spread blame around. Consider this piece of psychological research from Joshua...
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Bridging the Divide Between Religious Liberty and Marriage Equality
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog I was recently invited to a small gathering of individuals on both sides of the marriage equality vs. religious liberty debate. These issues aren’t...
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How to Make Real Progress Against Trump’s Incivility
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog I haven’t written much about Trump, who has taken “incivility” to new heights this election season, in part because there is no evidence that telling...
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The Village Square Helps Liberals Understand that Conservatives are indeed...
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog One of the things that we do at Civil Politics is help organizations conduct program evaluations as part of an effort to understand how the academic...
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Those who want a fight, like Trump and ISIS, do indeed benefit from each other.
Reposted from this post on the Civil Politics Blog During the recent Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton stated that Donald Trump has become a lead recruiter for ISIS. I can’t speak to the accuracy of...
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