Keeping our community whole commentary series
- By Patrick T. Hiller, Ph.D.
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Keeping Our Community Whole is a five-part series that explores how to strengthen our local community amid toxic and overwhelming national politics, while building a more inclusive and resilient Columbia River Gorge. Each column shares practical experience, local stories, and proven conflict resolution tools. The series is written for everyone, regardless of political views, who cares about maintaining a healthy, safe, and welcoming community.
- By Patrick T. Hiller, Ph.D.
- Updated
Commentary: Our country and our communities are experiencing division and polarization. We have already seen flashes of political violence. It has to stop.
- By Patrick T. Hiller, Ph.D.
- Updated
Commentary: We are stuck in toxic polarization. It is an “us versus them” pattern where the party becomes identity, losses feel existential, and compromise looks like betrayal. And it is exhausting. In fact, 87% of Americans are exhausted by how politically divided we are.
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