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Toxic polarization is poisoning America. Here's how you can help stop it this week.

Recommended Reading / April 17th, 2023 / By "USA Today" Contributor

In the small mountain community of Estes Park, Colorado, residents gather monthly to strengthen their sense of interconnectedness and talk about the issues facing them – from guns and responsibility to homelessness.

Bridging Divides, Poliitcal Polarization

Was Jan. 6 an Insurrection? Where the Left and Right Disagree

Recommended Reading / March 8th, 2023 / By AllSides Staff

Was the event widely referred to as the Jan. 6 Capitol riot truly an “insurrection,” or just a riot? Media outlets on the left and right reveal political bias in how they describe the events of Jan. 6.

Capitol Chaos, January 6 Committee, Polarization, Media Bias, Biased News, Capitol Riot, January 6, Poliitcal Polarization

Why the American Flag Is Dividing Us

Bias / August 2nd, 2021 / By Rebecca Sheehan

The left and right see the American flag and what it represents very differently these days.

America, American Flag, Bias, Division, Poliitcal Polarization

Union: A Democrat, A Republican, and a Search for Common Ground

Bias / July 20th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

In the year before Donald Trump was elected president, Jordan Blashek, a Republican Marine, and Chris Haugh, a Democrat and son of a single mother from Berkeley, formed an unlikely friendship. Over the months, Jordan and Chris’s friendship blossomed not in spite of but because of their...

Bridging Divides, Bridging America's Divide, Democrat, Republican, Union, Poliitcal Polarization

Ellen DeGeneres Moves America Beyond Harmful Polarization

Bias / October 15th, 2019 / By Samantha Shireman

Last week, Ellen DeGeneres was criticized on Twitter after photos of her sitting next to former First Couple George W. and Laura Bush at a Dallas Cowboys game surfaced online. Ellen responded to the criticism in a monologue on her show, saying, "I'm friends with George Bush. In fact, I'm...

Civility, Ellen DeGeneres, George Bush, Poliitcal Polarization

America Needs Marriage Counseling

Bias / April 19th, 2019 / By Kristin Hansen

This video and commentary originally appeared on National Conversation Project's #ListenFirstFriday project. A recent academic study found that America is now more politically polarized than at the end of the Reconstruction Era, following the Civil War. An even more recent opinion piece...

Civil Dialogue, Civil Discourse, Democracy, Poliitcal Polarization

Tag: Poliitcal Polarization