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We recommend Beyond Intractability for their frequent roundup of work related to toxic conflict, both in American and across the world.
The Power of Us is "designed to help people get smarter about groups and make groups smarter." Besides talking about group conflict, they give psychology-related tips on being more connected and happy.
More in Common's goal is to "understand the forces driving us apart, to find common ground and help to bring people together to tackle our shared challenges." They've done some great work examining our distorted perceptions of each other.
BCB produces "news and research for people dedicated to the idea that the U.S. domestic conflict could be better." They have thought-provoking analysis and draw attention to interesting polarization-related work.
We appreciate The Liberal Patriot because they examine political issues while avoiding team-based thinking (it doesn't mean we, as an organization, agree with all their takes). To reduce toxic polarization, we'll need more people highlighting complexity and nuance, and eschewing simplistic us-versus-them framings.
Kevin Dorst examines the rational ways we can become polarized. There is much attention focused on the irrational aspects of polarization but it's important to recognize that rational, compassionate people can easily reach very different stances (especially on complex issues).
