Police racism and brutality are topics that have people drawing sides. Part I of this series describes how many of us tend to focus on one aspect of the problem without considering, or sometimes even hearing, opposing points.

Often the information we gather, whether from the media or from our community, comes with a bias that doesn’t give us the opportunity to see the big picture. 

Read Parts II, III and IV

Should bathrooms be gender-neutral? In recent months this question has been the subject of countless articles, television discussions and national magazine covers. The people at the Broadway show Kinky Boots have even produced a video featuring their take on the argument.

Donald Trump had a big night Tuesday night. But he had an even bigger night with delegates because of the GOP delegate rules.

Winning an impressive 57% of all the votes cast, he received 95% of the delegates. That's because 4 of the 5 states had either "winner-take-all" or "winner-take-most" primaries. The GOP delegate rules are favoring Trump.

Few people believe Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have much in common. But while Sanders and Trump may be polar opposites in some respects, they’re alike in some very fundamental ways. And their popularity is driven by some of the very same reasons.

What does freedom mean to you? Do you think we should be free to speak our minds, or do you think we should we be free from hearing opinions that insult our beliefs?

Are you willing to give up the right to express yourself if others find your thoughts offensive?

There are two sides to every story. If we only consider the story from one point of view, are we truly thinking for ourselves, or simply being told what to think?

“We tend to choose up sides very quickly…All the liberals line up on one side and all the conservatives line up on the other,” says Larry Sabato, Director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. But complicated issues deserve more than knee-jerk reactions.