News
http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/381861-50-years-after-the-fair-housing-act-bipartisanship-is-still-hard-but
A brief history of the Fair Housing Act: "a crucial achievement, and a powerful example of how our two parties could work together to achieve fundamental and positive change."
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/368117-roseanne-reboot-to-depict-a-family-divided-by-politics-under
A reboot of the '90's television show "Roseanne" takes on the complexities of the contemporary American family divided by politics.
Roseanne Barr, who plays a Trump supporter, believes this polarization amidst families and the animosity that stems from political identity should be addressed because it "is not American."
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2018/01/10/my-debate-with-dialogue/
Is dialogue a “blue” word and debate “red?” David Blankenhorn, president of Better Angels, explains the fundamental differences between two polarized words.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/what-unites-us/?utm_term=.bbada9a9bcbe
“Perhaps what unites Americans to one another is as powerful as what divides them.” Explore by state what unites Americans in this series of audio and portraiture interviews from The Washington Post.
This weekend alumni from Cohorts 1 and 2 are convening at The LINE Hotel. Yesterday we recorded a podcast with Full Service Radio— be on the lookout for the full recording later this week!
You might be surprised by the new strategy to maintain civil dialogue among senators
http://time.com/5109800/political-divide-republicans-donald-trump/
Over seventy cross-partisan groups have arisen ”from local efforts to restore a culture of respect while exploring potential points of agreement.” Encouraging words in the midst of political divisiveness.
“How to make an uncivil world more civil?” The Washington Post’s Roxanne Roberts poses this question to Jeremy Bernard and Lea Berman, two White House social secretaries who co-wrote the recently published Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life.
We are excited to announce that the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics will host our founder and president, Lori Brewer Collins, this Saturday, February 3rd. As part of this year's National Campaign Conference for Political and Civic Engagement, Lori will moderate the discussion "Learning How to Be Loyal Antagonists" with a panel featuring past CtK.Campfire participants.
http://iop.harvard.edu/get-involved/national-campaign
