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 ...

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 ...

University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin spoke at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education where she emphasized the importance of civil discourse on college campuses in the wake of recent ...

Duke’s summer sessions on civil discourse provide tools for faculty across the US Duke is equipping students to respect differing viewpoints in a variety of ways. This Duke Today series examines the ...

What do books do? That question frames the banned books course I began offering in 2019, which I have taught three times. I offered it as a general education literature course; it also serves as an ...

The Civil Discourse Fellows program — run by Ohio State’s Center for Ethics and Human Values — held a forum titled “Is a Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Still Viable?” Friday at ...

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 ...

The House of Representatives passed a resolution this month honoring Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and close Trump ally who was shot to death Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University. The ...