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The sixth installment of “Polarization: A Civic Crisis” features American Enterprise Institute (AEI) president Arthur Brooks, who draws on history, social psychology, behavioral economics and the counsel of ancient wisdom to address the divisions that plague America.

New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter hosts “Innovating the Future” Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. on Arizona PBS, part of a partnership between Arizona State University and New America that highlights stories about blending technology and public policy to improve America’s future.

As increasing numbers of homes are being built in the wild urban interface in Arizona, California and Colorado, the risk that forest fires pose to people and property increases, too.

The fifth installment of the “Polarization: A Civic Crisis” series explores the 2018 midterm election results locally and nationally through the perspective of “The Pollsters.”

“What’s Ailing Liberal Democracy: What Tocqueville Can Still Teach Us” explores how liberal democracy finds itself in poor health in the first decades of the 21st century.

Ross Douthat discusses ways in which religion and the relative strength of religious institutions can impact civic life and magnify polarization.

Mark Lilla, an American political scientist, journalist and professor at Columbia University discusses the national conversation his book sparked by his most recent book.

In an age of tribalism, nationalism, populism and identity politics, are we ungratefully throwing away what made the West the free and prosperous place it is today? National Review Senior Editor and AEI Fellow Jonah Goldberg diagnoses our civilization’s ills and tries to offer some solutions.

The polarized and compartmentalized intellectual climate on American campuses both mirrors and contributes to maladies in American life. To examine the problem and possible solutions, join us Fridays at 7:30 p.m.

Steven Hayward of Powerline and University of California, Berkeley, gives the plenary address at a conference on free speech held by ASU’s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership.