by jpitney | Nov 30, 2025 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility, Higher Education
A November 18 release from NYU: New York University today announced the launch of the Berkley Institute for Civil Discourse and Civic Solutions, a University-wide initiative that engages students, scholars, and leaders with divergent perspectives to tackle the most...
by jpitney | Nov 29, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
Speaker Johnson has problems with discharge petitions. Jennifer Scholtes, Nicholas Wu and Meredith Lee Hill at Politico: On the Louisiana Republican’s watch, the “discharge petition” has caught fire. Rank-and-file lawmakers have managed five times since he won his...
by jpitney | Nov 28, 2025 | Civility, Public Opinion
Shanay Gracia at Pew: Most Americans (78%) say elected officials should avoid using heated or aggressive language because it could encourage some people to take violent action. A far smaller share (20%) says that officials should be able to use heated language without...
by jpitney | Nov 26, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
Megan Mineiro at NYT: Even by the standards of the raucous House of Representatives, the past week was an exceptionally caustic one, with lawmakers from both parties lobbing or threatening no fewer than a half-dozen censures and official scoldings at one another. The...
