Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution

Talking about money with loved ones is awkward. Here’s how to do it.
Million Stories
No family is immune to money conflicts, no matter how much they love each other. Here’s what to look out for.
Mauna Kea with Gemini North
A history of injustice and the greatest natural location for ground-based telescopes have long been at odds. Here's how the healing begins.
tribalism
From politics to culture, we blame “tribalism” for humanity’s problems. This explanation is entirely wrong.
John Templeton Foundation
"Strategic ambiguity" has long been the West's strategy on Taiwan.
When justice isn’t tempered by something such as mercy, forgiveness, or nonviolence, efforts to make society more equitable often backfire.
John Templeton Foundation
Using data collected from ancient civilizations across the world, researchers identified the most significant factors in human development. War came out on top. 
arguing
Arguments are a normal and often healthy part of a relationship. It all depends on picking the right kind of arguments, though.
A dispute marked by flags and booze has been replaced with an official land border.
In "The Secret Life of Secrets", Michael Slepian explores how holding secrets affects our relationships, psychology, and well-being.
Ukraine destroyed a railway to prevent passage from Transnistria into Ukraine.
The results of a 2021 study suggest that the world's most powerful psychedelic may be an underutilized peace-building tool.
will smith slap
The attitude we take to Will Smith's slap will mirror our attitudes to violence, masculinity, and protecting others more generally.
“What am I missing?” is a question that journalist Mónica Guzmán thinks more people should start asking.
Two men look at a laptop in front of a blackboard.
And what if both parties are skilled at mirroring each other? Will it produce a stalemate?
A woman holding a loudspeaker at a protest.
The problems that Americans face are often too complex for fact-checking alone.
Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, Fallingwater.
Frank Lloyd Wright captured serenity in his masterpiece, Fallingwater, but his egotistical tendencies made life for others anything but serene.
Family reconcilliation
Family relationships are on many people’s minds during the holiday season as sounds and images of happy family celebrations dominate the media. Anyone whose experiences don’t live up to the holiday […]
The season finale gets the one thing Star Trek is famous for — ethics — completely wrong. Life is full of dilemmas whose solutions seem paradoxical. To obtain peace, you must prepare for war. […]
Right and wrong has never been so gray in the Star Trek Universe. Imagine you’re in a fight with an enemy, and the fight itself isn’t fair. You might have […]