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Constructive Conflict Guide > Civic Knowledge and Skills That We Can Use to Help Ourselves and Our Society More Constructively Handle Intractable Conflict > Stripping Away "Overlay" Problems That Make Conflicts Appear More Intractable Than They Really Are > Limiting Communication Problems and the Resulting Misunderstandings
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Jonathan Stray: Why Build Bridges when Democracy is Burning?
Jonathan Stray explains why we still need to build bridges to "the other side," even if we think they are doing terrible things. It is the only way for those who want to protect democracy to "win" that fight.
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Effective Listening
Listening, like respect, is something of a "magic wand" for conflict. It doesn't solve everything, but it can help tremendously by showing the opponent that you care and you understand what they are trying to tell you. And once you do understand their concerns, you will be in a much better position to find a mutually-beneficial approach that will meet your needs and theirs.
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Adapting Information Feeds to Support the Great Reframing
If we are going to succeed at the Great Reframing, we need to reclaim our "information agency" and alter our business-as-usual information feeds.
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Millions of Conversations' Pledge to Listen
To help break down the misunderstandings that keep driving us apart, Millions of Conversations is asking us all to take a "Pledge to Listen." And, to make this easier, they also offer a listening guidebook.
News and Opinion
What Readers Really Think About Gender
An interesting alternative to face-to-face dialogue -- a journalist who promotes mutual understanding by soliciting and then sharing thoughtful reader views on controversial issues.
News and Opinion
The Abortion Talks: A Documentary
A documentary describing one of the conflict field's most successful efforts to build mutual understanding and respect across deep moral differences.
News and Opinion
Believing and Doubting
The description of a solid, practical strategy for reading in ways that promote mutual understanding and empathy, while limiting misinformed and hateful animosities.