Right and wrong. Good and bad. With us or against us. This is the discourse of today’s polarized world. People use every available platform to boost their opinions and rally the like-minded. Those who ...

Civil discourse refers to the conversations real people have together — whether in person, online, through news, and so on — about the important issues affecting our communities, laws and civic life.

What he does, in theory, is simple: Timothy Shaffer, a national leader in his field and UD’s inaugural Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Chair of Civil Discourse and director of the SNF Ithaca ...

President Donald Trump's address to Congress on March 4 was one of many examples of how political leaders of both parties no longer model civil discourse. The acrimony on both sides made clear just ...

In a world marked by nearly ubiquitous technology use, rapid information flows, and shifting norms of communication, cultivating civil discourse in schools has never been more important. Civil ...

One aspect of CFR Education’s work examines the intersection of global affairs and everyday life: how diverse actors collaborate to shape global issues and how educators can best prepare students to ...

Recently, the University of Delaware Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration honored Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) with the Biden School Civility in ...

Civil discourse can be effective, but when there is no possibility for the two sides to compromise, and no real attempt at civility, it alone is not enough. When the time for a necessary change to ...

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 ...

Introduction: Seeking Intellectual Virtue for the Sake of Civil Discourse Introduction: Seeking Intellectual Virtue for the Sake of Civil Discourse Gregg Ten Elshof ...