When We Disagree

Aly Kenny has been teaching manners and mindfulness classes for 10 years and has a popular Instagram account (@chasingcivility) devoted to these subjects. Aly had to face her own manners and mindfulness crisis not too long ago.  She was having some work done in her house, and she was shocked when the handyman showed up carrying tools, a ladder, and a gun at his side.  When she posted about her reaction to the gun in her house on Instagram, the amount of negativity she faced was staggering. 

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Techa Smalls-Brown was working on her Ph.D. during the COVID crisis. When one of Techa's friends and fellow doctoral students tested positive for COVID, the ensuing dispute over whether and how to interact in a tight space threatened their relationship.   

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Dr. Annie Andrews is a pediatrician and mom. After working as a pediatrician at children's hospitals for 15 years, she decided to run for Congress and became the Democratic nominee in South Carolina’s first congressional district in 2022.  The campaign was vicious on the whole, but one issue - trans healthcare - grew so big that it dominated the headlines and involved Dr. Andrews' employer.  

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Joel Caldwell is a accomplished photographer, writer, and filmmaker whose work has appeared in the New York Times, National Geographic, and many other outlets. For the past ten years he has focused on telling conservation and environmental justice stories from around the world. He characterizes himself as non-confrontational. Is he? 

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Zara Smith was pro-choice. Her boyfriend wasn't sure what his position on abortion was. Zara chose to end their relationship. 

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Nicholas Mosvick has worked within and on behalf of the American conservative intellectual movement for many years.  He has witnessed several variations of one central fight on the right: what is conservatism? 

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Mia McLeod is a prominent former state senator in South Carolina. During her time in office, Mia wanted to make sure that political appointees were qualified for their jobs. One of Mia's colleagues became furious that she was disrupting the normal political process. 

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Before Brian Turner was the president and CEO of the Preservation Society of Charleston, he worked for the National Trust for Historic Preservation for several years. In a sense, Brian's career has been defined by legal, social, and historical debates about America's past, but one dispute about whether Steve Jobs could demolish a historic home in California has stuck with him. 

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Eva went away to college.  When she left her childhood home, Eva's sister moved into her room without telling her. 

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Before Mike Serazio was a professor at Boston College, he was an investigative journalist. He loved the work, but the persistent and heated interpersonal conflicts that journalists face took a toll on him. 

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