# Professor Jonathan Haidt discusses political divides in the US

1 Faculty News March 12, 2019 ![NPR logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030855.jpg?itok=Ti1_93MD)>

Excerpt from [NPR](https://www.npr.org/2019/03/12/702011061/in-these-divided-times-is-civility-under-siege?ft=nprml&f=) -- "'When we don't trust each other, that means it's very difficult for politicians to compromise. It's very difficult to find win-win solutions or positive-sum games. And so there are so many problems that we could solve,' but we don't."

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