Sep 23, 2024

What partisan divides are doing to our workplaces

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Would it surprise you to learn a quarter of Americans say that they've avoided a work colleague due to differing political views?

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A quarter of Americans say they've avoided a work colleague due to differing political views

by David Brancaccio , Ariana Rosas and Nic Perez

Sep 23, 2024

Partisanship is "making the workplace less efficient," warns Sean Westwood, director of the Polarization Research Lab at Dartmouth College.

"If I were to give advice to employers, I would say, 'Set norms of respectful disengagement from politics in the workplace,'" said Sean Westwood of Dartmouth's Polarization Research Lab.

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Yet another government funding showdown

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Congressional negotiators reached a bipartisan deal over the weekend to fund federal agencies and avoid a government shutdown in a week. Lawmakers still have to pass the deal though.

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