We spent 6 months after the election trying to find common ground in America — here's what we learned
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The scenes in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday were painful to watch. Americans fighting Americans with flags, clubs, tear gas, and fists.
The violent face-off between white nationalists and neo-Nazis and counter-protesters resulted in the death of one young woman who was mowed down with a car and two police officers who were monitoring the rallies when their helicopter crashed.
It seemed to be the culmination of the divisiveness that's shaken this country since November 9, 2016, the ugliest election in recent memory.
But on Sunday, a chorus of voices rose to denounce the violence, and the hatred, and the bigotry, calling for us to come together.
After President Donald Trump took office, Business Insider wanted to find what unites us. We spent six months tracking down issues Americans actually agree on in a series we called Undividing America. Here's what we learned:
First, we took a hard look at the divisions we are living in. We found some high schools are "resegregating", splitting black and white, high- and low-income students back into separate schools based on where they live.
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The loss of manufacturing jobs was one of the driving issues of the 2016 election, with Trump promising to bring them back from overseas. This downward spiral has hurt American men, and is even linked with them marrying less and dying sooner. But what's scarier is that other jobs have been — and will continue to be — lost because of robots.
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For people leaving prison, finding a job is even harder. The incarceration rate in the US is one of the highest in the world. Many "go immediately back to what they know" once they're out of prison because it's so difficult to find employment.
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