America Talks: Toxic polarization threatens our nation's future. Here's how we can save it. [usatoday.com]

By Pearce Godwin, USA TODAY, May 18, 2021

America needs to talk. And will as never before during America Talks and the National Week of Conversation (June 14-20).

Abraham Lincoln, quoting Jesus, said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” They weren’t playing. More than half of us (54%) now say our fellow Americans pose the biggest threat to the country.

Describedas a “singularly virulent and dangerous phenomenon” and “our greatest national security vulnerability,” toxic polarization – the way we demonize one another across differences – is a grave threat to all Americans, our families, our communities and our country.

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