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Why friendships are falling apart over politics

  • Written by Melanie Green, Associate Professor of Communication, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageSomething about our current moment seems to have put a particular strain on our personal relationships.Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

Former Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia were on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Yet despite their obvious legal disagreements, the liberal Ginsburg once described herself and...

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