by jpitney | Dec 9, 2025 | Public Opinion, Violence, Youth
Fall 2025 Harvard Youth Poll: Across the measures we tested, most young people do not endorse political violence. But a substantial minority tell us that they are willing to justify it in certain, situational contexts — and those attitudes reflect emotional and...
by jpitney | Dec 8, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
From the Northwestern Medill Local News Initiative: For the fourth consecutive year, the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications conducted a months-long, county-by-county survey...
by jpitney | Dec 7, 2025 | Conservative'
Robert P. George at WP: The intrusion of fundamentally anti-conservative ideas into American conservatism is connected to the rise of illiberalism on the left. For over a decade now, “wokeism” has produced authoritarian groupthink — genuine cancel culture — in...
by jpitney | Dec 6, 2025 | civic virtue, Civility
by jpitney | Dec 5, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger: When the House returned to work on Nov. 17 after a 43-day government shutdown and a 54-day recess ordered by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), it was a bitter homecoming. The usual backslapping and camaraderie were missing, replaced by a startlingly...
by jpitney | Dec 4, 2025 | Civic Education, Civility, Higher Education
Robert P. George at WSJ: Public universities are also taking steps to promote civic education and robust civil discourse. States are investing in programs designed to promote respectful and productive dialogue across political, cultural, religious and socio-economic...
by jpitney | Dec 3, 2025 | Civic Education, Claremont McKenna College, Conservative', Higher Education
Benjamin Storey and Jon A. Shields at Persuasion: [R]eintroducing intellectual conservatism to our universities will temper, not accelerate, our polarization. Today’s partisan spirit is a reductionist one: tell me if so-and-so is left or right, a squish or a solid, a...
by jpitney | Dec 2, 2025 | California Politics, Los Angeles
Liam Dillon at Politico: On the Friday before Thanksgiving, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced “a major milestone” in the recovery from January’s wildfires that razed 13,000 homes across the region: A four-bedroom house in Pacific Palisades had received its final...
by jpitney | Dec 1, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government
From the Associated Press: AP Fund for Journalism today announced significant commitments from several organizations, including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc. and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, that will help power...
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...
