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Topic: Empathy

Allie Beth Stuckey on the set of Candace Owens' show on Dec. 6, 2021. (Jason Davis/Getty Images)

MAGA's war on empathy began with a woman

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Republican Senator from Iowa Joni Ernst speaks to the press after the Republican weekly policy lunch at the Capitol in Washington, DC on May 14, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

Ernst's toxic Christian "compassion"

Amanda Marcotte
South Dakota's Governor Kristi Noem arrives to speak during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on February 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

"Mar-a-Lago" face: A new MAGA aesthetic

Amanda Marcotte
Volunteers offering food to help the homeless. (kuarmungadd / Getty Images)

Altruism is a great survival strategy

Nicole Karlis
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Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Behind lack of empathy for UHC CEO death

Nicole Karlis
Former US President Donald Trump arrives back to Trump Tower after the first day of his trial in New York City on April 15, 2024. (ADAM GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Where is his sorrow?

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Multiple exposure, side view of a woman (Getty Images/Jonathan Knowles)

Why people today identify as "empaths"

Nicole Karlis
Dolphin in aquarium (Getty Images/vdorse)

Gaze and the evolution of empathy

Carlyn Zwarenstein
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Different ways of thinking processing (Getty Images)

Neurotypicals: An explainer

Matthew Rozsa
Protesters rally against a mask mandate, many showing support for US President Donald Trump, in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 22, 2020. (BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)

Are conservatives really more heartless?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Broken Glasses on the Ground (Getty Images/SEInnovation)

What do we owe a bleeding stranger?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
An anti-mask protestor holds up a sign in front of the Ohio Statehouse during a right-wing protest "Stand For America Against Terrorists and Tyrants" at State Capitol on July 18, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio. - Protestors descended on Columbus, Ohio for a planned anti-mask rally in response to local laws requiring people to wear a mask in many Ohio cities. (JEFF DEAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The key to overcoming vaccine hesitancy

Shelby Bradford - Massive Science
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People walk by yachts moored at the Hercules Port in Monaco on September 25, 2019 during the 28th edition of the International Monaco Yacht Show. - The Monaco Yacht Show is considered the most prestigious pleasure boat show in the world with the exhibition of 500 major companies in luxury yachting and featuring over a hundred super and megayachts. (VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

Study: The wealthy struggle with empathy

Matthew Rozsa
Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump (AP Photo/Salon)

Why leaders' empathy matters

Jonathan D. Fitzgerald - The Conversation
A woman wears a medical mask on the subway as New York City confronts the coronavirus outbreak on March 11, 2020 in New York City. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday evening that he is restricting passenger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. in an effort to contain the coronavirus which is rapidly spreading throughout the world and America. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Social distancing doesn't mean isolation

Nicole Karlis
"The Future of Feeling: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World" by Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips (Little A/Getty Images/Salon)

The empathy gap at work

Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips
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A young elephant from Asia stands near his mother in its enclosure at the Pairi Daiza Zoo in Brugelette, eastern Belgium, on August 15, 2019 (Photo by Philippe HUGUEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

What we lose when the elephants go

Milicent Cranor - WhoWhatWhy
Koko and her Lifelong Teacher and Friend, Dr. Penny Patterson (The Gorilla Foundation)

The gorilla who taught us to be human

Nicole Karlis
Emily Abad (Courtesy of The Mosaic Project)

Are we teaching girls too much empathy?

Lauren Schiller
Louis C.K.; Aziz Ansari; Al Franken; Sarah Silverman (AP/Getty/Salon)

Sarah Silverman defends Al Franken

Rachel Leah
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Sally Kohn (Paul Takeuchi)

Do "haters" deserve our compassion?

Lauren Schiller
(Getty/Donald34/75tiks/splendens)

Jerk or malignant narcissist?

Shahida Arabi - Thought Catalog
"Cringe Worthy: A Theory of Awkwardness" by Melissa Dahl (Celeste Sloman/Penguin Random House)

If you're blushing, you're still human

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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What narcissists look for in victims

Shahida Arabi - Thought Catalog
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