Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to run for President when she sought the Democratic nomination in 1972.
I have been very concerned about the partisan divide. To me, it looks like an extreme version of what I experienced in 1969, when 50% of Americans were for the Vietnam War and the other 50% were against it. Families broke up. Friendships ended. It took years for these horrific partisan feelings to ease. Currently, on my channel, some of my commentators (although not the majority) see everything in partisan terms. Examples? Bluegrass music. Food. Education. Workstyle and Homestyle. Families. The result is anger and in some cases, hate speech. I asked my colleague Bill Shireman to speak to this issue because he has spent much of his life helping companies and organizations and partisans, across that divide and find common ground. I hope that you find my interview with Bill of value. To find out more about Bill and what he is up to, visit www.future500.org.
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Walter Shaub late Thursday said “we’re in the heads-on-pikes phase of burgeoning authoritarianism” following the GOP-controlled Senate’s vote to acquit President Donald Trump on impeachment charges.
The former head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics tweeted a list of the moves that Trump and his allies are now making, and the people they are attacking, such as Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), the lone Senate Republican who voted to convict the president over the Ukraine scandal.