by jpitney | Jul 21, 2020 | Civility, Deliberation
“Exposure to Opposing Reasons Reduces Negative Impressions of Ideological Opponents” Matthew L. Stanley, Peter S. Whitehead, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, and Paul Seli Duke University Abstract: Americans have become increasingly likely to dislike, distrust,...
by jpitney | Jul 20, 2020 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
A July 16 release from Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL): Today, Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL) joined with Honor and Civility Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver (D – MO) to announce the reintroduction of bipartisan...
by jpitney | Jul 19, 2020 | Civil Rights, Religion
Kim Lawton, John Lewis Extended Interview, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, January 16, 2004: I’m deeply concerned that many people today fail to recognize that the movement was built on deep-seated religious convictions, and the movement grew out of a sense of faith...
by jpitney | Jul 18, 2020 | House of Representatives
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) died yesterday. From the National Archives: In 1965, at the height of the modern civil rights movement, activists organized a march for voting rights, from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, the state capital. On March 7, some 600 people assembled...
by jpitney | Jul 17, 2020 | Deliberation, Race
Conor Friedersdorf (Pomona alum) at The Atlantic: When I was 21, the United States experienced a national trauma: the planes crashing into the World Trade Center, the nearly 3,000 people killed in that day’s terrorist attacks, the ruins left smoldering for months at...
