Dead center, how Political Polarization divided america, and what we can do about it. Congressman, in the wake of this shooting in texas yesterday, is there a centrist solution to Mass Shootings and gun violence in this country . Guest it is ironic. I have been doing a lot of writings about polarization and what causes it. What crystallized the fact that i wanted to put this in a book is when the pulse shooting occurred in orlando. The introduction in my book is about the political reaction. Anytime you have Something Like this, you see the best of america in the response. The overwhelming sense of humanity and a shared sense of grief that occurs. People giving a lot of blood, holding vigils. Then, on the political side, you see the worst of america. Forle using the tragedy political advantage, trying to figure out how they can gain in a political argument based on this horrific event we have had. Now, we have had multiple Mass Shootings since then. That is what is most upsetting, in a
Anytime you have Something Like this, you see the best of america in the response. The overwhelming sense of humanity and a shared sense of grief that occurs. People giving a lot of blood, holding vigils. Then, on the political side, you see the worst of america. Forle using the tragedy political advantage, trying to figure out how they can gain in a political argument based on this horrific event we have had. Now, we have had multiple Mass Shootings since then. That is what is most upsetting, in addition to the facts of the tragedy. That we just cannot get beyond the fact that this is not a political event. This is not something we should be striving for political advantage. Together in a shared sense of grief and act upon whatever the nation determines is the best course of action. Host if you were in congress, what would you like to see happen today . Guest there needs to be real discussion about why his is the only country where these things happen . There is a continuing sense whe
If everyone would take their seats, please, we are almost ready to start. Welcome everyone. I am barbara and i direct the program at the council and i am honored that they have asked me to moderate this extremely timely panel about the iranian elections and also about President Trumps visit to the middle east. Before we start, i want to thank congressman jared huffman, thanks to him we have the room. Also the fund and the Rockefeller Fund for supporting the work that we do. Weve got a great panel. We will start with a bestselling author of fabulous books about iran including the ayatollah begs to differ and the ayatollahs democracy. He has spent a lot of time going back and forth between the u. S. And iran and he certainly understands the political dynamics of the country very well. Then we will have a cofounder and executive director of the International Civil Society Action network. She has published extensively on gender, peace and Security Issues and also knows a great deal about i
To moderate this extremely timely panel about the iranian elections and also about President Trumps visit to the middle east. Before we start, i want to thank congressman jared huffman, thanks to him we have the room. Also the fund and the Rockefeller Fund for supporting the work that we do. Weve got a great panel. E work. Weve got a great panel. We will start with a bestselling author of fabulous books about iran including the ayatollah begs to differ and the ayatollahs democracy. He has spent a lot of time going back and forth between the u. S. And iran and he certainly understands the political dynamics of the country very well. Then we will have a cofounder and executive director of the International Civil Society Action network. She has published extensively on gender, peace and Security Issues and also knows a great deal about iran and regional dynamics. Finally nyack Research Director and he came here after serving at the state department in the office of iranian affairs. We wil
To moderate this extremely timely panel about the iranian elections and also about President Trumps visit to the middle east. Before we start, i want to thank congressman jared huffman, thanks to him we have the room. Also the fund and the Rockefeller Fund for supporting the work that we do. Weve got a great panel. E work. Weve got a great panel. We will start with a bestselling author of fabulous books about iran including the ayatollah begs to differ and the ayatollahs democracy. He has spent a lot of time going back and forth between the u. S. And iran and he certainly understands the political dynamics of the country very well. Then we will have a cofounder and executive director of the International Civil Society Action network. She has published extensively on gender, peace and Security Issues and also knows a great deal about iran and regional dynamics. Finally nyack Research Director and he came here after serving at the state department in the office of iranian affairs. We wil