Conflict Resolution in the Media

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Curiosity Over Assumptions

In this episode of the public radio program Speaking of Faith, (from their website): "We shine a light on two young leaders of a new generation of grassroots Muslim-Jewish encounter in Los Angeles. They're innovating templates of practical relationship that work with reality, acknowledge questions and conflict, yet resolve not to be enemies — whatever the political future of the Middle East may hold."
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The relationship between forgiveness and revenge

In this episode of the public radio program Speaking of Faith, (from their website): "Michael McCullough describes science that helps us comprehend how revenge came to have a purpose in human life. At the same time, he stresses, science is also revealing that human beings are more instinctively equipped for forgiveness than we've perhaps given ourselves credit for. Knowing this suggests ways to calm the revenge instinct in ourselves and others and embolden the forgiveness intuition."
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Mediation: it's not just for humans anymore

The BBC reports that Bornean orangutans have been observed preventing fights between their fellow captives in a Japan zoo.
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Mediation Benefits in Family Law Court

Minnesotan lawyers and divorced families are discovering the benfits of mediation in family law court. Some are surprised at results they couldn't have predicted.

Fruit Workers Going to Mediation

Mediation is an option that workers and employers are considering for their labor disputes. In Okenaga, fruit works are opting for binding mediation rather than striking. And in Boulder, Colorado, a federal mediator is stepping in to help with talks between teachers and the school district.

Mediation next Step in Teen Muslim-Christian case

Teen converts to Christianity, and runs away to Florida from her Ohio home, claiming her Muslim family threatened her for converting. The parents deny the allegations, and a court in Florida has ordered mediation as a next step. Will mediation work in this tough case?

Kelly Calls For More Mediation

Courts across the country are looking to mediation as a preferred way to resolve small claims cases. Now it looks like police forces are considering something similar. In New York City, the Police Commissioner has called for more mediation to handle citizen complaints about police.

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