by Susan Minichiello I see misinformation all the time. Scrolling through Instagram, I saw a musician I follow sharing false posts about the Israel-Hamas war. Out to […]
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How to have a meaningful conversation with your MAGA dad
by Jean Guerrero Lately, I avoid conversations with my father because of his passion for lecturing me about politics from a hard-right perspective. It began during COVID […]
Is polarization a problem, or just our reality?
by Jean Guerrero What’s so bad about polarization? I see the divides between factions of Americans as a troubling problem that we should all be striving […]
‘Cancel culture’ has its merits, but the left is ready for a better approach
by Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow It used to be almost exclusively the political right that complained about the amorphous boogeyman known as “cancel culture.” Recently, at […]
The power of libraries to connect communities
by Annie Caplan and Cristy Moran People may hear the word “library” and imagine librarians sitting behind a circulation desk, reading a book and telling patrons to […]
Research shows we can talk across political divides
by Melinda Burrell As we look at the pictures from Uvalde, Buffalo and other mass shootings, we’re having agonized conversations. It seems inconceivable that “the other side” […]
