- Fact, Value, Lie, or Uncertainty? How Do We Tell? -- Sorting out "real facts" from "fake facts" gets more difficult all the time. But there are ways to do it. And it matters. Because facts can "bite you," even if you don't believe they are true. -- Oct 02
- Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of September 17, 2023 -- More insightful articles from colleagues and journalists from around the world. -- Sep 21
- Does the Power-With Approach Include Justice? Comments on Our Power-Over/Power-With Essay -- Colleagues ask power-with and power-over whom, for what purpose, and when? All good questions--and starts of answers. -- Sep 18
- A Further Discussion of Dialogue -- Dialogue has no fixed goal or predetermined agenda. The emphasis is not on resolving disputes, but rather on improving the way in which people with significant differences relate to each other. -- Sep 11
- Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of September 10, 2023 -- More interesting reading from colleagues and others in allied fields on democracy, polarization, and related issues. -- Sep 09
- Jay Rothman on Large Scale Interventions -- In this interview, Jay Rothman continues to reflect on strategies for scaling up small group processes in ways that enable whole communities to develop "both-and" solutions the common problems. -- Sep 06
- Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of September 3, 2023 -- More interesting and important ideas from our conflict resolution/peacebuilding colleagues and others in allied fields. -- Sep 05
- Daniel Stid: Four Ways To Reframe Democracy in America -- How loneliness and isolation are contributing to our political malaise--and four ideas for changing that. -- Aug 30
- Zach Elwood on the Belief that "Polarization is not the Problem" -- Polarization is hurting both sides, and both sides should be concerned about reducing it if they want to achieve any of the high-priority goals. -- Aug 27
- Zach Elwood on the Belief that "Polarization is not the Problem" -- Polarization is hurting both sides, and both sides should be concerned about reducing it if they want to achieve any of the high-priority goals. -- Aug 27
- Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of August 20, 2023 -- Another set of links to interesting articles from our colleagues in conflict resolution, journalism, and allied fields. -- Aug 23
- More on Constructive Conflict Communication -- Empathic (active) listening and I-message are two very powerful communication strategies that work at the societal as well as interpersonal levels. -- Aug 21
- Talking with and Listening To People on the Other Side -- Most of us have unrealistic images of "the other side." If we talk with, and most importantly really listen to, some of those people, we will usually find out they are not nearly as different from us as we think. -- Aug 16
- Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of Aug. 13, 2023 -- More of our weekly links to informative and provocative readings from colleagues and others in allied fields. -- Aug 13
- Anne Leslie: Know Thyself -- A reflection on the role and choices we all make that will influence not only ourselves, but our society and planet as well. -- Aug 09
- Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of Aug. 6, 2023 -- Our weekly suggested readings from colleagues within and outside of the conflict resolution field relating to polarization, democracy and other issues of importance. -- Aug 05
- Constructively Navigating the World of Media Bias -- A look at the forces, including our own cognitive preferences, that produce a biased information environment and thoughts about what to do about it. -- Aug 03
- Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of Jul 30, 2023 -- Our regular colleague and context posts showing what are people are doing and thinking about intractable conflicts and democracy. -- Jul 29
- Jay Rothman and Daniella Cohen on the Aria Group School Intervention in Yellow Springs, Ohio -- Highly polarized conflicts are typically systems problems, and they need system-based solutions to be successfully addressed. Here's an example where that was done very well. -- Jul 27
- Harry Boyte and Marie-Louise Ström: Constructive Nonviolence -- Nonviolence can be a profound resource for addressing injustice, repairing torn relationships, and creating healthy civic life. And it is something we all can do, everyday. -- Jul 24
- Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of July 23, 2023 -- Our normal weekly links to interesting reading about democracy in the U.S. and around the world. -- Jul 23
- Civil Rights Mediation Oral History Project: Modern Updates from Lum, Burgess, and Froehlich -- New civil rights mediator interviews provide a fascinating then-and-now comparison with earlier interviews conducted in 1999-2001. So much has changed--AND--so much has stayed the same! -- Jul 19
- Ted Wetzel's Disagreement Fitness -- Democracy only works if people understand how to work through disagreements constructively. "Disagreement Fitness" is a way to strengthen such skills. -- Jul 18
- Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of July 16 -- Our normal weekly links to interesting reading about democracy in the U.S. and around the world. -- Jul 15
- Contradictory Thoughts About Dialogue -- Dialogue can change attitudes, but those changes tend to be fleeting unless a great deal of thought and care goes into both the process and the aftermath. Designing for scale up is key. -- Jul 12
The Hyper-Polarization Challenge to the Conflict Resolution Field: A Joint BI/CRQ Discussion
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