The Institute of Politics partnered with multiple Pitt departments to host an event titled “Overcoming Polarization Beginning with How We Think” with Dr. Illana Redstone in the lower lounge of the William Pitt Union on Thursday afternoon.

What do you do when someone close to you says something about a topic in the news you find simply reprehensible? Oftentimes, the instinct is to shut up and pretend it didn’t happen — something that’s...