john a. powell considers how the othering of one group can serve as a way to solidify membership in another group.

A new book explains the neuroscience behind imagination and challenges us to tap into its potential in our everyday life.

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Public health experts need to be allowed to admit when they’re wrong—and share with the public what they are learning.

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A new book shares the many creative ways that people of all ages are living interdependently and getting support and ...

According to a new study, spoken conversations lead to more understanding, less conflict, and more openness to other opinions ...

Educators around the country are trying to foster belonging, classroom discussion, conflict resolution, and emotion ...

Herold has served as senior advisor to the National Institute of Justice at the U.S. Department of Justice, and developed the pathbreaking Place Network Investigations violence reduction strategy. Her ...

A smile in the hallway. A nod of recognition from a stranger. A quick word of thanks to the person bagging groceries. A brief pause to let another driver merge. These moments are so small that they ...

At a compassion education conference in 2018, Buddhist scholar Thupten Jinpa described new scientific evidence on the effectiveness and benefits of compassion training. Why, he asked, despite the ...

A teen girl approaches her parents with a grievance: She believes she is treated unfairly. “I feel like you’re giving my older brother much more privileges. It’s not just my age, I feel like you trust ...