Empathy is the ability to identify with another person’s feelings. The ability to see and feel things as others see and feel them is central to competent parenting and successful social relationships in all stages of life.Lovelace Labor of Love i…

It’s the companies that provide empathy training for their staff and their leaders that separate themselves from the rest. “At its very heart, a business is the beauty of bringing together people and things to make the community better…

In her speech, Clinton acknowledged several times that many of the voters she met with during her Appalachian tour would never vote for her. The trip nonetheless made sense as part of a larger obligation of leadership.  Making America governable a…

School suspension rates have risen in recent years. And since the punishment is linked to more severe problems later in life, such as dropping out of school or ending up in prison, researchers at Stanford University have been looking for ways to p…

President Obama’s speech at Howard University’s commencement on May 7 was full of advice on civic engagement, black history and democracy.   Expand your moral imagination to empathize with all people who are struggling, not just black folks w…

Empathy as a national deficit As Ender discovered, a resource for practicing the art of polarization is empathy, but where is that honored in our culture? When our nation’s leadership asks why terrorism continues to grow despite massive…