How Do We Fix It?

More than any time in recent decades, American politics are deeply divided. Compromise is a dirty word. "The way that we're running the country is that we're not running the country," says our guest Mark Gerzon, author of the new book, "The Reunited States of America." As President of Mediators Foundation, the group he founded 25 years ago, Mark has brought people together in conflict zones around the world Concerned about increasing polarization in the U.S., Mark is working on the ideological frontier between left and right. "We can work together to solve the problems we all face in a country we all love," Gerzon tells us on this episode of "How Do We Fix It?" But what we have now is a permanent campaign by both parties. "And after election day they start the next campaign." "We can't solve any of the problems we face if we're tearing each other down the whole...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.