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Video: Fox45 News featuring Debilyn Molineaux of The Bridge Alliance

As the political landscape becomes even more divisive and splits within parties create deeper tension, trying to have a conversation about ideas and policies with family, friends and coworkers is often just avoided.

Co-publisher of The Fulcrum and co-founder and CEO of the Bridge Alliance Debilyn Molineaux recently joined Fox45 TV for a segment to share that it does not have to be this way. Molineaux explained that it's sad that people can't come to constructive disagreements in bridging divides. When talking about social media and filtering what we may like and don't like, she also says that it prevents you from getting different perspectives and leads to many problems online with people who may not want to be friends with you anymore.

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