Deepening toxic polarization in the United States is a profound threat to the American people and the very core of American Democracy. After 30 years of working around the globe to bring peace and reconciliation to deeply divided societies, Beyond Conflict launched an unprecedented research project in 2018, the Beyond Conflict Polarization Index™, with leading brain and behavioral scientists to assess the psychological factors that fuel polarization. The study found a consistent pattern across measures: Americans incorrectly believe that members of the other party dehumanize, dislike, and disagree with them about twice as much as they actually do. These false perceptions about the other side are correlated with outcomes that are consequential for democracy and represent a new degree of toxic polarization in America. Watch a conversation with Tim Phillips, founder and CEO, Beyond Conflict and Scott Warren, visiting scholar, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University, moderated by Michal Ben-Joseph Hirsch, assistant professor, Political Science & Legal Studies Department, Suffolk University. Phillips presents the key findings of Beyond Conflict's latest [study](http://beyondconflictint.org/americas-divided-mind/ ) on toxic polarization and discuss potential solutions to depolarize the public space. Image: Beyond Conflict Graphic