Media
In the News
The Atlantic – “What College Students Really Think About Cancel Culture”
NBC News Tonight with Joshua Johnson – “Fighting Political Division With Dialogue”
Forbes – “How Colleges Can Take Us To The Better Angels Of Our Nature”
Newsweek – “A Starting Point, BridgeUSA: Gen Z Roundtable”
The Washington Post – “If you think campus speech is all angry confrontation, you’re looking in the wrong places”
Deseret News – “How American Institutions Can Win The Trust Of Gen Z”
The Hill – “When College Students Self-Censor, Society Loses”
The College Fix – “BridgeUSA Takes Students Out of ‘Ideological Echo Chambers,’ Fosters Friendly Political Discourse”
Op-Eds
Deseret News – “Why young people are down on democracy — and how we can change that.”
Cornell Institute of Politics and Global Affairs – “Improving Our Democracy One Conversation At a Time.”
USA Today – “‘Fake governance’ has plagued my generation. Here’s how we rise above it.”
RealClear Public Affairs – “Why I Still Believe in America.”
USA Today – “Why ‘Karen’ memes and “OK, Boomer” insults stereotype people we don’t really know.”
USA Today – “How will the coronavirus pandemic shape Gen Z? University students share their thoughts.”
Huffington Post – “We Need to Change Our Political Culture.”
Podcasts & Shows
FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis – “Can’t We All Just Get Along?”
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences – Talking About Democracy with Millennials and Gen Z
Our Voices Matter Podcast – “Let’s F*#!ing Talk To Each Other”
Choose Inclusion Podcast – Our Future is Just Across a Bridge of Empathy
Higher Ed Now – Manu Meel: Students Bridging the Political Divide
All Things Reconsidered with Eric Kirk
American Game Changers – We Have To Be The Middle Ground
Common Ground Committee – DEPOLARIZING AMERICA: Bridging Divides on Campus
The Bush Center – Democracy Talks: Building Civic Muscle Among Young Americans
Press Releases
11/14/22 – Braver Angels, BridgeUSA and Starts With Us Partner to Host “Hold America Together”
04/26/22 – TAP Is Merging With BridgeUSA
08/16/21 – BridgeUSA Is Creating High School Chapters
01/07/21 – Statement on the Anti-Democratic Event of Jan. 6
10/20/20 – A Starting Point, BridgeUSA to Co-Host a National, Bipartisan Student Discussion