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...
by jpitney | Nov 25, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
Terry Parris Jr. on the Library Newsroom Project: To me, the library is the needle that threads conversation, connection, storytelling and journalism through community life. That is the spirit of the Library Newsroom Project, which I founded in December 2023. The...
by jpitney | Nov 24, 2025 | Congress, Presidency, Uncategorized
Don Wolfensberger asked why shutdowns are more dominant now than in the middle of the 20th century? The short answer… is that Congress was more bipartisan and amenable to compromise in those days. But there was structural change going on as well. With enactment...
by jpitney | Nov 22, 2025 | Russia, Ukraine
David J. Kramer, Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute and Vice President, George W. Bush Presidential Center: U.S. and Russian officials reportedly have drafted a 28-point peace plan meant to end the war Russia started in Ukraine. Based on media accounts, the...
by jpitney | Nov 21, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Journalism, Journalists
Nate Weisberg `24 at The Washington Monthly: What I’ve learned at the Washington Monthly is simple: look where others aren’t. Ask the complex question. Build the case. And then write the hell out of it. Start over and do it again. That approach has taken me...
by jpitney | Nov 21, 2025 | Elections, Newspapers, Social Media
Ben Jacobs at Politico: We now live in a world where people are increasingly tied to each other virtually instead of through face-to-face interaction, and where voters are more likely to get their news from an influencer than a broadcaster. The effects will not only...
