The Idea That Still Unites Us
A rowdy, opinionated nation of 330 million requires a special kind of bond.
In Ireland, 100 private citizens advise parliament on policy. Two of them changed each other’s lives — and, perhaps, their country’s constitution.
How one Canadian city took down a monument to an iconic leader in a way that brought its residents closer together.
How hackers taught the government to embrace division-resistant politics.
A Reasons to be Cheerful project
It has become conventional wisdom that we are hopelessly divided. But this narrative masks a larger truth: that we humans are incredibly skilled at overcoming division.
We Are Not Divided is a collaborative multimedia journalism project dedicated to revealing that truth by telling the stories that show our capacity, and our deep desire, to bridge our divides.
What the New York borough that voted for Trump taught me about the messy business of bridging divides.
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A rowdy, opinionated nation of 330 million requires a special kind of bond.
Along a ditch that separates the U.S. from Canada, a very 2020 romance is taking root.
A child of Mexico City's nightclubs is putting a spotlight on what connects us.
By forcing workers to move far from home and live with unfamiliar people, the government is testing the limits of identity.
She fought a brutal ritual with love – and changed a culture.
In Singapore, the government dictates the ethnic makeup of apartment buildings. Is this what racial harmony looks like?
When people who disagree are forced to work together, something magical happens.
A Q&A series with researchers from Stanford University's Polarization and Social Change Lab
When the city closed streets to traffic during Covid, it revealed a fix for designs that cater to white and moneyed interests.
What if, instead of hating each other's beliefs, we learned more about where they come from?
How Canadian cities and First Nations territories discovered the catalytic power of collaboration.
How two Canadians, united by an act of oppression, are transforming apology into art.
What happens when incarcerated people see a correctional officer not as an overlord, but as someone who can help?
Meet the people whose real-life experiences show us how divisions can be overcome.
Not every racist act fits a police report, but capturing the data on everyday racism is key to creating change.
In Singapore, the government dictates the ethnic makeup of apartment buildings. Is this what racial harmony looks like?
How hackers taught the government to embrace division-resistant politics.
In an era of ideological rancor, a few brave souls are going out of their way to befriend their political opposites.
Swing voters. Covid converts. Some people seem highly persuadable. Why does that bother the rest of us?
A growing body of research suggests our political beliefs are flexible – and that we may be more capable of understanding the other side than we realize.
Spanning 16 million acres of wild Pacific coast, the Great Bear Rainforest is a magical place. The partnership that saved it is just as unique.
An unlikely collaboration could transform a place of imprisonment into a center for equity.
When Congolese refugees moved to New York, they brought their old rivalries with them. Then they put their strife on stage.
An American and a Canadian artist explore what it means to be Black in a pandemic.
In Ireland, 100 private citizens advise parliament on policy. Two of them changed each other’s lives — and, perhaps, their country’s constitution.
Beyond the ideological brawls and anti-speaker protests is a push to make disagreement on campus cool again.
How one organization is taking ideology out of reproductive health.
Yes, I encountered stigma, but also empathy and understanding – in part, because so many Americans know someone who’s been locked up.
The notion that our common bonds are wearing away obscures a simple truth: difference and division are not the same thing.