Our mission is to empower you to understand more and argue less. Each week, we identify trending topics and analyze the narratives from the Left and Right. We'll be in your inbox, offering you the context you need to engage with alternate viewpoints civilly. Our newsletter is delivered on Wednesday mornings. It’s a quick 5-10 minutes read; A perfect pairing with your morning coffee.

Each week, our team analyzes content from dozens of news outlets – Left, Right, and Center. We find the essential stories where the consequences are significant and narratives are diverse. All our writers have equal say in content decisions and final analysis. We synthesize the spectrum of perspectives to get you the facts, the biases, and the impact of what’s happening.

Our team’s beliefs span the political spectrum and we are upfront with our biases, so you never have to wonder what implicit biases impact our work. We all want a better future for our country. We just have different ideas of what “better” looks like. We believe everyone has a right to their own beliefs. Even when we disagree, we know it’s more important to treat each other with respect than it is to convince each other to see the world as we do.

We regularly reflect on our own biases, and work together to understand how our different biases prevent us from seeing certain things clearly. By working together, across the political spectrum, we’re able to distinguish facts from fiction. We ask ourselves these questions to keep ourselves on the right track:

• What is the factual basis of this perspective
• What biases are impacting the narratives?
• Will separating the opinion from the fact increase the potential for civil dialogue?

We don’t claim to be perfectly objective and are open about our existing biases. Since unbiased writing is impossible, we ask ourselves the more important question: “Will this newsletter help readers be more or less civil?”

We believe that everyone has a right to their world view, and it’s in our best interest to understand where everyone is coming from. When we understand each other, we can better identify problems, and build better solutions. Sounds great, but chasing down every political opinion is time consuming and exhausting. Don’t worry, we got you. We make sure you can get that diversity of perspectives, right to your inbox, every week, no hassle.

The Civil team does not assign bias ratings for each news outlet. Our bias ratings come directly from AllSides, a bi-partisan non-profit who assign bias ratings based on thousands of reader opinions and a bi-partisan review board. Check out their bias rating system and editorial ideology.

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