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New Mexico’s Braver Angels offers political junkies an alternative to divisiveness
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(New Mexico News Connection) There’s evidence that respectful conversations about politics – while not changing hearts or minds – can lead to greater understanding on both sides. That’s the goal of New Mexico’s Braver Angels Alliance.
The local group is part of the larger national organization dedicated to political depolarization.
Albuquerque volunteer Pat Hirschl said often meetings cannot be held unless there’s both a red co-chair and a blue co-chair, to guarantee equal engagement about difficult topics.
“Locally we’ve had workshops, we’ve had skills training for bridging the divide in which you try to help people see how they can talk to their neighbors or their families,” said Hirschl. “There are families that are split apart by this division in the politics.”
Braver Angels takes its name from a speech by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, when he encouraged both sides of the conflict to call on the “better angels” of their nature, rather than see each other as enemies.
Albuquerque’s group will host a meetup at the Cherry Hills library this Thursday at 4 p.m. for a structured conversation on the topic of politics.
Hirschl said the meetings are not designed to get either side to agree with the other, but to recognize why people think the way they do based on their life experiences.
Across the country and in crucial swing states, Hirschl noted that independent voters are expected to play an outsize role in this year, and said leaders of the major parties would be smart to take notice.
“If they have any sense at all, both parties will reach out to those people who are not members of their party,” said Hirschl. “So, we’ll see – a ver que pasa – we’ll see what happens.”
The program for this year’s Braver Angels national convention focused on four issues: abortion, economic inequality and growth, free speech versus hate speech, and immigration.
The nonprofit launched in 2016 and now has 120 chapters and some 12,000 members nationwide.
Support for this reporting was provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Virgin Galactic is partnering with the nonprofit group Operation Period to research menstruation in space.
NEW MEXICO – Virgin Galactic plans a research flight on menstruation in space, aiming to study how microgravity could affect hormones and menstrual cycles on longer trips.
Virgin Galactic is partnering with the nonprofit group Operation Period to research menstruation in space.
The company plans to launch flights next year, and one of them will focus on the effects of microgravity on menstruation.
Two women researchers are currently training for the flight.
They say they hope to reveal how future space travel could affect hormones and the menstrual cycle, especially over long durations in space.
Grant’s Thursday Evening Forecast
Showers and thunderstorms will continue in eastern New Mexico tonight into Friday. Breezy winds will bring an elevated fire danger in the western half of the state.
Thunderstorms are firing up Thursday afternoon along and east of New Mexico’s central mountain chain while gusty south winds over 30 mph are driving an elevated fire danger across western parts of the state. Storms will continue spreading across eastern New Mexico through this evening, bringing locally heavy rainfall, lightning, small hail, and gusty winds. The winds will weaken later tonight, but showers and thunderstorms will keep going across eastern New Mexico overnight into early Friday morning.
A few spotty storms will redevelop Friday afternoon across eastern New Mexico, with a couple near the Texas state line capable of turning strong to severe. At the same time, breezy southwest winds will ramp back up across western New Mexico, with gusts over 35 mph creating another round of elevated fire danger. Storms will push east out of New Mexico Friday evening while winds gradually ease overnight.
Quieter and drier weather takes over this weekend. Temperatures Saturday afternoon will cool a few degrees but still stay near average for late May. Breezy afternoon winds will continue Saturday before lighter winds and warmer temperatures return Sunday.
Moisture will start building back into eastern New Mexico Monday, bringing a slight chance for thunderstorms near the Texas state line. Monday will also be the hottest day of the warming trend statewide. More moisture spreads into the eastern half of the state Tuesday, increasing storm chances along and east of the Rio Grande Valley by afternoon. Even deeper moisture arrives statewide by Wednesday and Thursday, fueling more widespread showers and thunderstorms through the middle of next week.
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