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Are You Really Thinking Critically? Let's Find Out!

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Separating Critical Thought from Cynical Noise with David Beckenmeyer and science educator Melanie Trecek-King.

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To understand unreasonable reactions to Trump's shooting, imagine Biden being shot

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A "turnabout test" can help us see emotional biases in our thinking -- our colleague Zach Ellwood got this op-ed in Newsweek.

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Between Thick and Thin: Improving Public Engagement through a Wicked Problem Lens

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One of the key concepts tied to deliberative engagement is the recognition that many of the issues we must engage in our communities can be best understood as wicked problems

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From Waves to Ecosystems: The Next Stage of Democratic Innovation

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This white paper reviews the limitations of elections, the different waves of democratic innovation and efforts to connect them, and key challenges and strategies for building healthy ecosystems of democracy.

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5 Ways to Build Bridging Social Capital and Develop a Sense of Common Purpose

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Five ways to counter the sense of loneliness and helplessness that is driving polarization and the weakening of our community and civic ties.

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Practitioner Mobilization For Democracy - Launch Event Recap

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A summary of (with videos from) NCDD's launch of their Practitioner Mobilization effort, seeking to get mediators and other third parties involved in the effort to encourage constructive democratic engagement.

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The American experiment – a democratic republic – is worth defending

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Seth David Radwell argues that we need a deep appreciation for why our democratic republic, with all its historical chapters of tragic injustice, and present day flaws and warts, is still the best example of self-government in our planet’s recorded history.

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Overcoming Ideological Inferences: Breaking Free from Snap Judgments

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A conversation with Carson Sander on how we make snap judgments about people and how to avoid doing that to break down the prevailing political polarization.

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How polarization will destroy itself

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Political polarization and extremism are much more fragile than we realize, as long as we maintain freedom of speech, rule of law, market competition, and free and fair elections.

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