A Look Back at the Issues That Fueled Gen Z in 2024
What issues determined the youth vote in 2024? 2024 just might be remembered as the election year–not just an election year and not just in the United States, but around […]
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CategoriesBlogIn the face of a divided election, BridgeUSA students weigh in.
First-Time Voters Discuss Voting for Trump or Harris As President Jessica Carpenter For over 8 million young Americans, the 2024 election will be their first chance to cast their vote. […]
CategoriesBlogA new kind of political compass: The BridgeUSA Temperament Scale
The BridgeUSA Team For the past few years, we’ve all watched conversations about issues we care about be taken over by political toxicity and hyper-partisanship. The loudest and most extreme […]
CategoriesBlogColumbia U.’s Firestorm Is Just the Beginning. Here’s How Philanthropy Can Respond
Manu Meel This piece was originally published on the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Read the story here. While the firestorm at Columbia University is the latest instance of campus protests sliding into hostility […]
CategoriesBlogWhat We Can Learn From the Civil War Movie
Jessica Carpenter Originally published on AllSides.com. This blog is in collaboration with AllSides, a nonpartisan media group focused on strengthening our democratic society with balanced news, media bias ratings, diverse perspectives, and real conversation. Disturbing. […]
CategoriesBlogWhy We Disagree on “Truth” in 2023 and How We Can Change That
Jessica Carpenter Originally published on AllSides.com. This blog is in collaboration with AllSides, a nonpartisan media group focused on strengthening our democratic society with balanced news, media bias ratings, diverse perspectives, and real conversation. In […]
CategoriesBlog20 Days in Norway Taught Me More About U.S. Politics Than 20 Years in the U.S.
Sophie Holtzman In September 2022, I received an email from Julia Jackman, an Arizona State University alum familiar with the BridgeUSA movement, with the subject line “Dialogue opportunity in Norway- […]
