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How to bridge the political divide at the holiday dinner table

  • Written by Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor at the Ross School of Business and Education Director at the Graham Sustainability Institute, University of Michigan
imageA time to join with close ones and, perhaps, open a dialogue?quinn/flickr, CC BY-NC

We are a divided nation; that is an understatement. What’s more, we increasingly hear we are living in our own “bubble” or echo chamber that differing views cannot penetrate. To correct the problem, many are calling for people to reach out, to talk...

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