Identity

Why Are We So Polarized?

What are the root causes of conflict and polarization? Are they fundamental to human nature or byproducts of the systems we have engineered for ourselves?

In America Today, Who Is “Us”?

Embracing a fuller understanding of “us” is not only a challenge but also an opportunity. And it is in our own best interest to do so. 

Friends with US flag

Decolonization Can’t Happen Without the Input of Indigenous Communities

True decolonization means genuinely listening to Indigenous community members and creating shifts in the power dynamics.

Indigenous youth on the steps of the Capitol

Author Zinzi Clemmons on Transforming Loss into a Work of Fiction

Clemmons is nominated for the first Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Why We Shouldn’t Romanticize Cities

Writers Ta-Nehisi Coates and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie confront the limits of urbanism.

Barcelona Mayor Calls for a Third Way to Solve the Catalonian Crisis

Ada Colau says city leaders are distinctly positioned to find compromise.

What Is Gender, Anyway?

Thoughts from Caitlyn Jenner, Mona Eltahawy, and Bisi Alimi on stigma and pushing beyond the binary.

Why Young People Are Crucial to LGBTQ Advocacy

Peace First Fellow Brennan Lewis describes how LGBT youth in North Carolina are working against discrimination.