Dialogue on Systemic Racism

Anne Bergman at Claremont McKenna College: A dialogue to help foster an inclusive and informed community at Claremont McKenna College took place at the Athenaeum with a distinguished roster of panelists and moderated by Professor Michael Fortner.   Focused on...

Money v. Moderation

John Farmer, Jr. at The Messenger: The development of social media platforms has put the Citizens United principle on steroids. Such platforms became profitable only when they began to deploy algorithms that use commercial advertising principles to amplify every...

Cox and Polis on Civility

Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Colorado Governor Jared Polis did an interview with Colorado Public Radio: Well, I think that gets to a big question I have about this effort, which is when you talk about disagreeing better, is it alighting the fact that, for many...

Bad Day for Civility on the Hill

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien challenged each other to a physical fight during the Senate HELP Committee with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) having to step in. Sanders repeatedly attempted to break them up: “You’re a...

Civility in the House

Dana Milbank at WP: Before Mike Johnson became speaker, the House of Representatives had voted to censure one of its own members only seven times in 100 years. Since Johnson became speaker, members of the House have tried to censure each other eight times in two...