A new video intervention shows correcting Americans’ exaggerated views of political opponents can defuse tensions, reduce support for antidemocratic practices and promote a healthier democracy.
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Reactions like disgust are part of the behavioral immune system that helps you avoid disease. Usually conservatives are more fearful of contamination – but something unusual happened during COVID-19.
A tradition of nonpartisanship on locally elected school boards is changing, following a national shift toward divisive political partisanship.
There are potential threats to US democracy posed by the choices voters make in this presidential election. But the benefits of American democracy have for centuries been unequally available.
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Professor of Educational Leadership, Miami University
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Tisch College Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Lincoln Filene Professor, Tufts University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Research Project Manager for the Behavior Change for Good Initiative, University of Pennsylvania
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Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University
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Foundation Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago