FINDING THE WAY OUT: ARTICLES AND BLOG POSTS PUBLISHED BY PETER T. COLEMAN
MOST RECENT ARTICLES
Exhausted by Toxic Politics? There’s a Way Forward
Published in yes! Solutions Journalism on October 4, 2021.
The Way Out of Polarization
Published in Story Corps Blog on July 21, 2021.
Divided States of America: Why we need an Interdependence Day to restore national unity
Published in USA Today on July 3, 2021.
Lessons from the most politically tolerant places in the US
Published in The Hill on June 9, 2021.
Asking the wrong questions about our culture of toxic polarization
Published in The Hill on April 2, 2021.
Suffering from Toxic Polarization is Arguably a Good Thing
Published in Scientific American
on April 2, 2021.
Fighting America's twin wars on COVID-19 and contempt
Published in The Hill
on February 28, 2021.
Turning to Science: Data-Driven Solutions to U.S. Polarization
Letter published in Science
on January 15, 2021.
An Open Letter to Joe Biden on the Science on Uniting the USA
Published on Medium
on December 22, 2020.
Addressing our culture of contempt will require a social movement
Published in The Hill
on December 15, 2020.
Are Psychologists Too Politically Closed-Minded Today?
Published in Psychology Today Blog
on October 30, 2020.
Building peace in America through positive deviance
Published in The Hill
on September 22, 2020.
Getting Tight — The Psychology of Cancel Culture
Published in The Hill on August 16, 2020.
The Effects of Complexity on Conversations over Moral Conflicts
Published in NCMR on July 21, 2020.
Police brutality: Let's get serious — training can't touch this
Published in The Hill
on June 7, 2020.
COVID Could Be the Shock That Ends Our Deep Divisions
Published in The Daily Beast
on June 7, 2020.
How to Manage COVID and Conflict in Our Homes and Workplaces
Published in The State of the Planet Blog
on May 26, 2020.
What to do when Pandemic + Anxiety + Quarantine = Conflict
Published in Psychology Today
on May 14, 2020.
Can't touch this — why talking across our political divide is not enough
Published in The Hill
on May 13, 2020.
How a Pandemic Could Actually Boost Trump’s Reelection Chances
Published in Politico
on April 7, 2020.
The invisible escalation of hate — is political violence in our future?
Published in The Hill on March 17, 2020.
In a Divided America, Misery is Looking for Company
Published in The Hill on March 12, 2020.
Can the Impeachment Hearings Actually Change Anyone’s Mind?
Published in Politico on Nov. 12, 2019.
Tentative Teachings on Conflict from Trump’s Tumultuous Tenure in Office
Published in Negotiation Journal on January 29, 2019.
Lawmakers, to repair our polarized Congress, make DC your home
Published in The Hill on May 16, 2018.
What Americans can do to De-Polarize our Nation
Published on Psychology Today
on Nov. 9, 2017.