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- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders It’s not just in your head: Politics sucks now. But we can make it suck less. Seeing where the problems are is the first step to doing things differently. Once you see how it works, you can see how to change it. Here are seven reasons politics… The post 7 Reasons Politics Sucks Right Now appeared first on Builders.
- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Disagreement is one of the most ordinary parts of being human, yet it’s also one of the hardest to do well. Whether it’s a heated debate at the dinner table, a tense meeting at work, or a divide that runs through an entire nation, how we handle our… The post 28 Quotes That Will Change How You See Disagreement appeared first on Builders.
- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Our social media feeds are not neutral. They are run by sophisticated algorithms, which are basically recipes that give a computer step-by-step instructions on how to solve a problem or complete a task. Social media algorithms are programmed to track our likes, comments, and the time we… The post 7 Signs Your Social Media Feed is Poisoning Your Brain appeared first on Builders.
- Builders holds Community Conversation on healthcare at University of Texas at Austin before bringing citizen-led policies to state legislature By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Last Wednesday evening, Builders held a Community Conversation at the University of Texas at Austin, where young people from across the political spectrum sat in a room… The post What Happened When College Students Sat Down to Fix Texas Healthcare appeared first on Builders.
- Curiosity is the most difficult and demanding virtue we’ve got. It’s also the one thing you can start practicing today to close the gap between left and right. By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Curiosity gets a bad rap sometimes. In political circles, it can be seen as a weakness: if you’re… The post The One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Heal a Divided Country appeared first on Builders.
- When 20-year-old John Rickert walked into the third meeting of the Texas House Select Committee on Health Care Affordability on September 1, he expected the kind of political sparring he sees play out online every day. What he found instead was something rarer, and to him, far more encouraging. “For almost the entirety of the… The post One Team in the Room: Young Texan Finds Hope in Bipartisan Push to Lower Health Care Costs appeared first on Builders.
- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Every week, readers write in asking how to navigate relationships strained by today’s political climate. Our “Dear Builders” series offers a little guidance for holding onto the people who matter, even when you don’t see eye to eye. This week’s email comes from a reader who loves… The post Dear Builders: My Husband Is MAGA, and I Don’t Like Who He Becomes When He Talks Politics appeared first on Builders.
- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Ask a Texan what’s keeping them up at night heading into November’s midterms, and you probably won’t hear much about the culture-war fight of the week. You’ll hear about the rent, property taxes, and insurance premiums that keep climbing. Affordability has taken center stage in this year’s… The post 6 Reasons for the Texas Affordability Crisis appeared first on Builders.
- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders I recently got some friends together for a Builders BBQ, where hosts are challenged to invite friends and family – including those who may see the world differently – to have those often-tricky political-to-politically-adjacent conversations over good food. Some of them were chomping at the bit for… The post I Got My Friends Together to Talk Politics — Here’s How it Went appeared first on Builders.
- Conspiracy theories and gender war hot takes derail the conversation we should be having about postpartum care By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Lindsay Clancy is a Massachusetts mother who admitted to strangling her three young children to death in 2023 while in the grip of severe postpartum psychosis. As of this writing, the… The post We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Lindsay Clancy appeared first on Builders.
- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Dolly Parton passed away Tuesday at the age of 80, and in a country that often seems like it can’t agree(opens in new tab) on anything, somehow we all agreed on Dolly. She was a devout Christian(opens in new tab) who became a gay-rights icon. A rhinestone… The post Dolly Parton Was Someone We Could All Agree On appeared first on Builders.
- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Flock surveillance cameras were nowhere, then everywhere. Perched on high. Watching. While the majority of Americans may feel uneasy under their gaze, many feel safer. And it’s sparked a debate about where privacy ends and public safety begins. Should you allow Flock to nest in your neighborhood? Or… The post 8 Things to Know Before Flock Cameras Come to Your Town appeared first on Builders.