How loose social ties can help heal political division | Eva M Meyersson Milgrom

Weak connections known as ‘bridge ties’ cross the boundaries that normally structure our lives. We must restore this connective tissue The first time a woman I’ll call Shoshana went toBrandi Carlile’s music festival, she arrived alone. She had just been through another unsuccessful round of IVF. During one of the songs, about motherhood, she began to cry in the middle of the crowd. Then two women she had never met stepped closer and wordlessly wrapped their arms around her until her breathing...

By Eva M Meyersson Milgrom