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- White People Don't Have a Monopoly on Hatred -- A reminder that we are all susceptible to intergroup stereotyping and hostility and a look at how the right question can change things. #mbi_context -- Mar 31
- Who killed Truth -- A video of a webinar with historian Jill Lapore entitled Who Killed Truth, held by the Arizona State University's Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict #mbi_colleague -- Mar 31
- Fighting Back, At Last -- A look at the rapidly emerging response to progressive illiberalism--one of today's most consequential emerging conflicts. #mbi_context -- Mar 30
- Insanity Defense: Why Our Failure to Confront Hard National Security Problems Makes Us Less Safe -- A video of a webinar by Jane Harman, Wilson Center Director, talking about her new book which explains why we have become less safe and what to do about that. #mbi_colleague -- Mar 30
- A Guide to More Constructive Approaches to Intractable Conflict -- A Introduction to a five-part strategy for overcoming the conflict problems that are preventing us from building a society in which we would all like to live. #mbi_frontiers -- Mar 30
- Mutual-Aid Societies: Americans Knit Their Safety Nets -- A hopeful and uplifting story of people coming together to help one another through the pandemic and the other struggles of life. #mbi_context -- Mar 30
- The King Soopers Shooting: This Time It Was Personal -- Motivated by a mass shooting in our community, we've spent the last week thinking about how our insights into the intractable conflict problem can help. #mbi_cci -- Mar 29
- How to Reduce Shootings -- An exceptionally perceptive and well documented look at what can realistically be done to limit gun violence and mass shootings. #mbi_context -- Mar 29
- Network Weaver Newsletter -- An article on networking for social change and an annotated bibliography on developing regenerative networks, among other useful materials. #mbi_colleague -- Mar 29
- Race and False Hate Crime Narratives -- A ontroversial, deeply disturbing, and also persuasive argument that, in our zeal to fight hate, we may actually be promoting it through unfounded accusations. #mbi_context -- Mar 29
- When the “Violence” Isn't Violent -- A compelling case against the now common overuse of the term, "violence." The fight against violence requires being clear about what it does and doesn't mean. #mbi_context -- Mar 04
- It's Time to Plant a New Flag -- As the GOP becomes increasingly extreme, serious call for a new “radically centrist, common sense, let’s get stuff done party.” #mbi_context -- Mar 04
- A World Without War -- A review of a new book that asks critical questions about the threats faced by the US and the role that the military should have meeting those threats. -- Mar 03
- Saving Democracy and Biden’s Challenge to the Conflict and Peacebuilding Fields – Part 2 -- Democracy is a system for wisely, equitably, and nonviolently managing conflicts between people with deep cultural differences who are also in continuing competition for scarce resources. -- Mar 03
- Book Review: Fussell On Class -- For a time when class conflict is not being given the attention it deserves, a review of a new book: "Class: A Guide Through The American Status System" #mbi_context -- Mar 03
- Revisiting the Arab Uprisings at 10: Beyond Success and Failure -- A video of a webinar presenting a more nuanced look at the Arab Srping 10 years later. #mbi_colleague -- Mar 03
- There’s only one political party right now -- Political parties ought to be institutions for resolving disputes over which priorities to address and how. They shouldn't just enforce group mono-think. #mbi_context -- Mar 02
- The COVID-19 Pandemic, Digital Threats and Urban Violence Prevention -- A report by Lisa Schirch on how cities are using social media to prevent urban violence during the pandemic. #mbi_colleague -- Mar 02
- When did we give up on persuasion? -- An eloquent defense of the neglected art of persuasion -- the most sustainable way of achieving positive social change. #mbi_context -- Mar 02
- Saving Democracy and Biden’s Challenge to the Conflict and Peacebuilding Fields – Part I -- An exploration of what we need to do to bend the arc of history back toward peace and democracy and away from autocracy, problem-solving paralysis, and civil strife. -- Mar 02
- Pragmatic Compassion/Empathy -- An explanation of why it is in our best interest to empathize with our enemies (even when we don't expect them to reciprocate). -- Mar 01
- American Cynicism Has Reached a Breaking Point -- A first-rate look at the many ways in which out-of-control cynicism has infected our culture and our politics. We all need to Help fight this trend. #mbi_context -- Mar 01
- Artificial Intelligence and Negotiation: The New Frontier -- Upcoming Webinar with Colin Rule, online ADR expert discussing the latest developments in AI and how they are relevant to negotiation and dispute resolution. #mbi_colleague -- Mar 01
- 5 Pandemic Mistakes We Keep Repeating -- A practical look at how we can fix the many mistakes that we continue to make as we try to navigate social tensions associated with the pandemic. #mbi_context -- Feb 28
- Peacebuilding and the Norms of Technological Change -- Peacebuilders need to help those closest to the development of new communication technologies understand the conflict implications of their work. #mbi_colleague -- Feb 28
