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Feelings Don’t Care About Your Facts: The Psychological Roots of Ideology

Recent political commentary has observed a dissociation from traditional left–right political views and a move towards the extreme ends of the political spectrum. The increasing chasm between the major parties…

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9 min

The Viewpoint Hypothesis: Improving How We Define Left and Right

Image by Gerd Altmann It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. For a long time, people assumed…

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5 min

Politics

Why Civil Partnerships are Sacred to Progressives

In October 2014, Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan entered Chelsea Town Hall in London, to form a civil partnership. But, as a mixed-sex couple, they were refused. Although the Marriage…

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12 min

All or Nothing: Why Our Discussions Over Inequality Go Nowhere

In spite of Barack Obama’s 2013 declaration that inequality is the “defining challenge of our time,” we remain paralyzed in our inability to have productive conversations about it, especially when it comes…

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Moral Foundations Theory

Feelings Don’t Care About Your Facts: The Psychological Roots of Ideology

The Viewpoint Hypothesis: Improving How We Define Left and Right

Why Civil Partnerships are Sacred to Progressives

All or Nothing: Why Our Discussions Over Inequality Go Nowhere

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