Over Zero, in partnership with New America’s New Models of Policy Change Project and Protect Democracy, present a series of reports exploring how Americans view and assign responsibility for January 6. We found that Americans hold their views on responsibility and accountability for January 6 as sacred values: strong, absolutist views or moral imperatives that are acted on as a duty or obligation rather than a choice. These findings have profound implications for how we communicate around January 6 and develop the shared narrative needed to prevent its recurrence.

This working paper for philanthropy, written with our partners New America and Thought Partnerships, briefly summarizes current trends that, in light of global experience, suggest heightened risks of violence. Against this worrisome backdrop, we propose six funding strategies and specific recommendations to integrate violence prevention and mitigation into existing strands of work on polarization, institutions, or justice issues.

In this paper for the National Endowment for Democracy, Laura Livingston highlights the offline, contextual dynamics that contribute to the resonance, spread, and impact of online misinformation, and implications for civil society responses.

The report, “What Immigration Issues Do Americans Hold Sacred? A Psychological Journey into Attitudes Towards Immigrants,” digs deeply into how respondents think about immigration issues through the lens of sacred values, threats, norms, and social identity.

This report, co-authored by Nichole Argo PhD and Kate Jassin PhD, was undertaken in partnership with the Center for Inclusion and Belonging at the American Immigration Council.

In this guest blog post for Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE), Laura Livingston and Rachel Brown provide an overview of the vulnerabilities that brought us to January 6 and urgent priorities for philanthropy in stemming future risks for political violence.

In the immediate wake of the January 6th insurrection, Dr. Nichole Argo, Rachel Brown, and Samantha Owens sat down with PACE to discuss what civil society groups and funders can do to mitigate the possibility of political violence in the immediate-term as well as near- and longer-term scenarios.

Following the release of the U.S.-focused “Counteracting Dangerous Narratives in the Time of COVID-19” guide, Over Zero has developed a globally-focused set of resources on counteracting dangerous narratives in times of uncertainty, including the current COVID-19 pandemic.

In Foreign Affairs, Rachel Brown, Heather Hurlburt, and Alexandra Stark discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has heightened risks for political violence globally.

In a Lawfare article, Over Zero’s Regional Director, Europe, Laura Livingston, discusses how Hungary’s government has leveraged the coronavirus pandemic and group-targeted rhetoric to further consolidate power.

In September 2019, Over Zero convened civil society representatives from the Visegrád four or “V4” working to combat group-targeted rhetoric and violence. This report captures key discussion points and takeaways from the convening

In a Toda Peace Institute Policy Brief, Over Zero provides readers with approaches to counteract hateful and dangerous speech online and a deeper understanding of this speech and the factors that enable it to resonate, spread, and drive offline action.

Over Zero’s Laura Livingston and Rachel Brown propose a new approach to assessing and addressing the impact of changing technology on violence.

Over Zero Founder and Executive Director Rachel Brown speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Global Issues Forum.