Robert Reich: Tribalism is tearing America apart. Today in 1964, Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Let us pause a remember what great feats this country is capable of accomplishing -- with the right leaders, and with a public mobilized to do what is necessary and fair.

Robert Reich 

Today in 1964, Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Let us pause a remember what great feats this country is capable of accomplishing -- with the right leaders, and with a public mobilized to do what is necessary and fair.

We're becoming two separate tribes. Trump is hastening the process. What do you think?

Robert Reich: Tribalism is tearing America apart

Former secratary of labor says Dems and GOP no longer share the same basic values -- and that nationhood is dead

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A New Tribalism Spreads in Donald Trump’s Washington

Fights over health care and a new Supreme Court justice suggest that partisan divides under Donald Trump’s presidency aren’t simply between Republicans and Democrats, Gerald F. Seib writes.

Spain isn't used to coalition-building. Unless its leaders find a settlement soon, fresh elections are likely

Spain's fissiparous electorate makes for difficult coalition negotiations

In most places, when 3,030 people take an up-or-down vote, some sort of…

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The economy is in crisis, but Aso will not present his second supplementary budget plan until next year. He has no intention of dissolving the Lower House and calling a snap election anytime soon. The impression I get is that the government and the ruling coalition have holed themselves up in their "administration castle," while the opposition Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) is laying siege, in a manner of speaking, by filling the castle moats and trying to batter down the gates.

Divided Over Kosovo and EU, Serbs Take to Polls

The Serbian people started voting on Sunday in snap elections that
give them the choice of pursuing EU membership or turning their back
on the West out of nationalist defiance over the loss of Kosovo.

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tribalism

ˈtrʌɪbəlɪz(ə)m/

noun

1. the state or fact of being organized in a tribe or tribes.

   • derogatory

     the behaviour and attitudes that stem from strong loyalty to one's own tribe or social group.

     
     

     "a society motivated by cultural tribalism"