Why do we feel more empathy for those who are most like us?Have you ever wondered why when a tragedy occurs close to your home, or community, that it is much easier to feel strongly than when a similar event happens far away, or to people who seem &lsq…

Technology can do a lot of things in the classroom, but can it help educators be more empathetic towards their students? This week on the EdSurge podcast, we talked to Dr. Jason Okonofua, a postdoc at Stanford University, about just that. &nb…

Khizr Khan, the father of a deceased Muslim U.S. soldier, slams Donald Trump, claiming the GOP nominee lacks empathy and a moral compass. KHAN: That’s, again, height of ignorance on a part of a candidate for the highest office of th…

Ignoring the issue hasn’t worked. Neither have calls for empathy. To improve policing, we must confront it head on.

It’s hard to talk about race in America. This much we know.

A common request is for empathy, to imagine whether these unspeakable acts  — such as the killings of Tamir Rice, Eric Garner or Freddie Gray  —  happened to your brother or sister, but clearly that doesn’t work. The longer we talk around the margins of what really needs to be said, the longer it will take to heal..

When black people try to initiate a conversation, such as with the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s resisted by the very people who need to be listening. Diversion tactics are deployed, meant only to further marginalize the validity of black pain.

Empathy is a prerequisite for this country to heal. Without it, we will find ourselves right back here in no time.

 Andy Newman

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine expressed shock that the GOP nominee would attack Ghazala Khan for not speaking during her husband’s address to the Democratic convention. “He was kind of trying to turn that into some kind of ridicul…

The Empathy Machine is an interactive video installation. The viewer steps in to the Empathy Machine ‘booth’ and is greeted by the digital therapist. The viewer responds to the Digital Therapists questions. The interaction will continue as …

“This person is total incapable of empathy. I want his family to counsel him, teach him some empathy. He will be a better person if he could become — but he is a black soul. And this is totally unfit for the leadership of this beautiful country,” Khiz…