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We’ve got to do more to listen to one another,” she added. “We’ve got to do everything possible to support our police and to support innocent Americans who have encounters with police.”Mrs. Clinton praised the bravery of t…

In the wake of this week’s tragedies, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton called on white Americans to express empathy by listening to the experiences of black Americans. That empathy was the topic of discussion on this we…

Clinton said she “will call for white people like myself to put ourselves in the shoes” of black families, and said that all while people need to “start listening to legitimate cries” that something is wrong after black men are …

An empathy class in Charlottesville is helping parents and families relate to their little ones better.The Conscious Discipline Workshop is held at the Neighborhood Child Development Center. It gives adults the skills necessary to manage thei…

Unity is the way. But we’ll never get there without empathy.In the days following the horrific ambush in Dallas that killed five police officers, many of our leaders have spoken out against divisiveness and called for Americans to rise above our differ…

A client recently reported her frustration with how her husband “listened” to her when she needed to complain. The word “listened” is in quotation marks because as far as she was concerned he wasn’t listening at all. The p…