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We're collecting here things to help you Help America Get Along. We're doing our best to maximize effectiveness and minimize bias, and are open to suggestions on approaches and specific things to include.

GENERAL DISCLAIMER: We find these things inspiring and useful and we hope you will too, but inclusion here does not imply unqualified endorsement - judge for yourself. If you detect a significant bias in anything here please let us know so we can either adjust our description or simply remove it.

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Background Materials about divisiveness, and lack thereof, in the U.S.
Information Sources that at least make an effort to minimize or mitigate bias.
Stories and Presentations

Background Materials

Some things that explore divisiveness in America...

"Purple America" explores American party voting patterns.
"The moral roots of liberals and conservatives" is an 18-minute TED talk by Jonathan Haidt, from 2012. He makes many interesting observations, including that TED itself appeals more to the Left than to the Right.

These infographics provide wonderful overviews of U.S. political history:

A Visual History of the American Presidency
A Visual History of the US House
A Visual History of the US Senate
A Visual History of US State Boundaries
Death and Taxes 2016

(We are in no way affiliated, we just like them.)

STORIES and presentations

Daryl Davis and his engaging with the KKK (2016 documentary) is a fascinating story about finding common ground in the unlikeliest places, with many layers.

In How To Disagree Productively and Find Common Ground, Julia Dhar presents what she has learned from her experience as a world debate champion, with many useful insights.

Frank Olivier's Tricks To Happiness is well worth 18 minutes of your time. How it relates to Helping America Get Along may not be immediately clear, but we are confident that it does. And it's just good fun!

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