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							<title><![CDATA[What My Small Town Taught Me About Tribalism]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lura Forcum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two years ago, I moved to the very small South Carolina town of Pendleton, where something unexpected happened to me. I became a volunteer.
I have found myself scrubbing historic gravestones, picking up roadside litter with my kids, spreading mulch on the nature trail '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' and I have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Parties Know They&rsquo;re Losing. That&rsquo;s Why They&rsquo;re Redrawing Districts.]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Partisan affiliation in the U.S. has sharply declined over the past two decades. Today, only 28% of Americans identify with either the Republican or Democratic party, down from'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 34%'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in 2004. This drop in party loyalty helps explain the rise of the independent voter, who now make up'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Politics Were Business, Regulators Would Bust It]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lura Forcum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the marketplace, competition empowers consumers. The more options you have for a particular product, the lower prices become. Moreover, having more options means you are more likely to find exactly what you want instead of just settling for something good enough. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
In politics,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beyond Polarization: How Americans Can Talk About Politics Again]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lura Forcum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amidst calls for cooling the political temperature after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, we need to do more than talk about how we talk about politics. Americans need concrete steps they can take to enable them to discuss difficult subjects, and perhaps nothing...]]></description>
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