![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Giridharadas profiles successful movers and shakers, including a founder of Black Lives Matter a Qanon deprogrammer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders and - on a grimmer note - Russian operatives bent on destroying Americans' bonds with each other. His new book "The Persuaders: At The Front Lines Of The Fight For Hearts, Minds, and Democracy" introduces us to political activists who - for better or worse - haven't given up on the art of persuasion. A summer poll from the University of Chicago found that nearly three in four Americans characterized members of the opposing party as “generally bullies who want to impose their political beliefs on those who disagree” - three out of four! But Anand Giridharadas believes the art of convincing the opposition isn't dead. It's no big news that America is polarized. ![]()
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