Universities looking for a fix to relentless controversy are flocking to ‘civility’ initiatives. Critics say these efforts mask a darker project ...

Civil discourse is preferable to the alternatives of coerced silence and violence. Coerced silence means that one side has exercised power to end conversation—to say, in effect, there is no point in ...

Amid concerns about academic freedom and rising political polarization on college campuses across the country, leaders at Duke and other universities have adopted new rhetoric to prioritize ...

Civil discourse refers broadly to discussions in which people genuinely try to understand one another, experts said. Some expert tips for engaging in civil discourse include setting clear expectations ...

First-time teachers and first-time voters gearing up for the 2024 election may have only ever been exposed to toxic polarization — it’s their norm. But for those of us who’ve been in the classroom for ...

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Ithaca Initiative in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration welcomed more than 120 students, faculty and staff from across the U.S.

Happy Friday, and welcome to another roundup of the week’s news about the judiciary. This week, the group Speak Up for Justice held another remote event for lawyers about the rule of law, where former ...

Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of Civil Discourse, a column in which columnists Helen Nguyen and Aidan Quealy share their perspectives on a political story or event covered by The ...

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