Better Conflict Bulletin

The Strategic Logic of the Naked Bicycle Ride

Also, what's actually happening in Portland? - BCB #169

Oct 22 • 

Jonathan Stray

3

We Have to Talk About Immigration

Tips and facts for a sensible conversation - BCB #168

Oct 15 • 

Jonathan Stray

10

1

You Gotta Hand It To The Mormons

Not left but neither quite right, and recently morally courageous - BCB #167

Oct 3 • 

Jonathan Stray

11

1

September 2025

The Case for Downranking Fear Speech

There's more of it than hate speech, and it's linked to violence - BCB #166

Sep 26 • 

Jonathan Stray

3

Why Build Bridges when Democracy is Burning?

The only way to win is for "us" to ally with some of "them" - BCB #165

Sep 19 • 

Jonathan Stray

11

4

How Many People Actually Approve of Kirk's Murder?

The worst posts are cherry-picked anecdotes, so I collected data instead - BCB #164

Sep 12 • 

Jonathan Stray

20

1

The Pendulum Swings: Trust in Universities is Up

Support for immigration is also increasing, while attacks on speech shift from left to right - BCB 163

Sep 9 • 

Jonathan Stray

3

August 2025

Repolarize to Depolarize

And other ways forward for America from our talk with polarization scholar Jennifer McCoy - BCB #162

Aug 21 • 

Jonathan Stray

9

3

Crime in DC is a Problem, or Maybe It Isn't

We are measuring different things and talking past each other - BCB #161

Aug 14 • 

Sofia Scarlat

 and 

Jonathan Stray

3

6

Are There More Nazis Than Before?

Also: SF's breakthrough mayor and the rise of the multiracial right — #BCB 160

Aug 7 • 

Sofia Scarlat

 and 

Jonathan Stray

6

Why is Nobody Talking About This?

Bias is not just how something is covered, but what is covered at all. – BCB #159

Aug 2 • 

Sofia Scarlat

 and 

Jonathan Stray

11

3

July 2025

Why Do Liberals Experience Worse Mental Health?

Also: the case for an American non-aggression pact #BCB 158

Jul 25 • 

Sofia Scarlat

 and 

Jonathan Stray

5