Featured Video:
What can be done about polarization in the United States?
Speaker:
Rachel Klinfeld
Description:
Covering key ideas in just four minutes, this video by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discusses a shift from focusing on the ideological polarization of elected officials to the high rate of “affective” (or emotional) polarization of everyday Americans. It explains the shortcomings of both calling for civility and pushing forward with a win-lose model, proposing another way forward.
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Zachary Neal
TED Ed
Do politics make us irrational?
Jay Van Bavel
A Road Trip Across a Divided America
Award-winning filmmaker Joseph Sim interviews over 200 strangers to ask, “How did we lose connection with our neighbor, and more importantly, how do we get it back?”
The Tennessee 11
Eleven citizens from across the political divide try to accomplish the unthinkable: find common ground after a school shooting. Will they create the blueprint to bring Americans together?
The Open Mind
A thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across politics, media, technology, the arts and all realms of civic life
TED Democracy
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TED Democracy
Telling a better story about democracy is key to bridging the ideological divide
TED2024
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Andrew Yang
All God’s Children
Attempting to heal centuries of racism and antisemitism, a rabbi and reverend work to unite their congregations, who struggle to not let their differences drive them apart
A Case For Love
Examines the question of whether or not love, specifically—unselfish—love, is the solution to the extreme societal and political divide facing the world
Refuge
A story about fear and love that follows a white nationalist hate group leader who finds healing from a Muslim heart doctor and his town of refugees
The Open Mind
A thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across politics, media, technology, the arts and all realms of civic life
Politics At The Table
What happens when five strangers dive into four of the most polarizing US political topics over dinner?
Politics At The Table Playlist
Historian compares American divisions to the past and how we can overcome them
America at a Crossroads
Examining how U.S. politics became intertwined with personal identity
America at a Crossroads
How a community is confronting divisions, talking through its differences
America at a Crossroads
How governors are working on solutions amid intense political polarization
Political divides cut through marriages and families in the run-up to the 2024 election
Depolarization Day, by the Othering & Belonging Institute’s Campus Bridging Project and the Social Cohesion Lab
FRONTLINE: Divided States of America
Investigation of the causes of America’s polarization and exploration of how the next US president and Congress can govern in an era of complex challenges.
The ReUnited States
Powerful and urgent, this award-winning documentary follows the personal journeys of several bridge-builders who are passionate about reuniting the country across political and racial divides.
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