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Could National Service Bridge Our Partisan Divides?


Could National Service Bridge Our Partisan Divides? - The Atlantic

Editor's Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic's Notes section, retired in 2021.

National service can heal our partisan divides

In this Wednesday, July 31, 2013, file photo, Americorps volunteer John Harris III, who is helping to coordinate a jobs fair program, ...

Could National Service Bridge Our Partisan Divides? - Yahoo

Stanley A. McChrystal, the former U.S. general, just wrote a piece for us calling for “a service year [that] would teach young Americans tolerance and ...

How To Fix Polarization: Mandatory National Service - Politico

One of the main problems with American politics today is not only that we disagree, but that our partisan divide is increasingly defined by race, religion and ...

Partisan divide makes a new national service corps impossible ...

... would run into objections. The idea of national service to bridge our divides sounds appealing, but those very divides make the idea impossible in America today ...

Bridging Partisan Divides by Repairing American Institutions

Through his Chair's Initiative: Disagree Better, National Governors Association Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox aims to elevate solutions to toxic polarization.

U.S. Democracy Needs a Mandatory Public Service Program

Polarization in the United States is well-trodden ground. As the media reminds us every day, the nation has become deeply divided and ...

Is the Partisan Divide Too Big to Be Bridged? - The New York Times

From the urban and rural divide to the partisan gulf, from religious groups to warring factions on campuses, organizations and funders are ...

No Greater Mission. No Greater Means.

How National Service Can Advance Bridgebuilding. A bipartisan, working blueprint for the future from David Eisner and John Gomperts.

Bridging the Partisan Divide for Our Veterans and National Security

In these highly polarized times, Republican and Democratic veteran members of the For Country Caucus are working together to keep America secure and help th ...

Make Civil Service, Not Civil War - Brown Political Review

America faces the highest level of political polarization since the Civil War. One solution to combat partisan animosity and foster a sense ...

Organizations Bridging Divides | Resources

These divisions may be political, economic, or social but what these groups have in common is that they seek to build bridges between divided communities.

America's Hidden Common Ground: Putting Partisan Animosity in ...

This Public Agenda/USA TODAY Hidden Common Ground report focuses on affective polarization, meaning negative feelings towards people whose political views ...

Americans Are Tired of Political Division. Here's How to Bridge It

The 'Political Courage Challenge' can help Americans stop extremism and polarization, write Peter Coleman and Pearce Godwin.

Polarization, Democracy, and Political Violence in the United States

The Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program is a leading source of independent policy research, writing, and outreach on global ...

Workshops try to bridge the political divide on divisive topics - NPR

This so-called Red/Blue Workshop is put on by a nonprofit called Braver Angels that stages encounters and debates all over the country as a way to reduce ...

Mandatory National Service - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org

Mandatory national service (also called compulsory service) is a requirement, generally issued by the federal government, that people serve in the military or ...

Political polarization prompts efforts to bridge the gap through ... - PBS

PBS NewsHour spent much of last week trying to examine what still divides our country and the deep polarization that preceded the Jan.

9 Democrats, 9 Republicans Introduce Legislation to Reduce ...

Nine Republicans and nine Democrats in the US House of Representatives introduced the Building Civic Bridges Act - bipartisan legislation to empower ...

Amid distrust and anger, conversations to bridge the partisan divide

Nearly 750 people — liberals, conservatives and independents — came together to talk about how best to move beyond partisanship and toward ...