BY SUKHAYL_NIYAZOV// AllSides Animosity towards members of an opposing political party has substantially worsened in recent years. But much of what we know about polarization and citizens’ attitudes to their…
Hosted by the Harvard Ash Center The last several years have seen the growing and successful use of citizen-initiated ballot initiatives to win major election reforms. Some of the most…
By // American Enterprise Institute America is being torn apart, but our problem isn’t one of incivility, intolerance, or even anger. Rather, the problem is contempt: the conviction that those…
By Kaye Thornbrugh // Coeru d'Alene Press (CDA) After Bonnie LePard was elected president of her seventh-grade class, the vice president, a boy named Bruce Reed, tried to have…
The bipartisan group reflected on values, commonalities, Founding Fathers Topeka, KS – Nearly 100 state legislators, legislative alumni, lobbyists, and community leaders attended a “Building Trust through Civil Discourse in…
The City Club of Boise heard from former legislators and pundits about the issues that will shape the 2021 Idaho session, and the challenges of governing in a global pandemic.…
Packer and Unger are eager to expand civil discourse workshops to state legislators around the country Washington D.C. -- Next Generation Director Brent Hill is pleased to announce that former Representative…
Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, speaks during a hearing with IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, Tuesday, April 9, 2019,…
By Chris Bundgaard // WKRN NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A new Democratic leader hopes for civility as state lawmakers begin a new session in less than a month. It’s not the…
Podcast // KJZZ 91.5 STEVE GOLDSTEIN: For more than a month, the final numbers had indicated Joe Biden had won the presidential race, but millions of Americans and hundreds of Republican…