Debate shouldn’t be combat. By slowing down to establish psychological safety, we can protect our convictions and our humanity.

UM Interim President Domenico Grasso addressed "hateful" social media responses to political influencer Charlie Kirk's murder during the Board of Regents meeting on Thursday, Sept. 18.

Amid concerns about academic freedom and rising political polarization on college campuses across the country, leaders at Duke and other universities have adopted new rhetoric to prioritize ideological diversity, coined “civil discourse.” These recent ...

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing, readers share their thoughts on where we can go from here to ease caustic political discourse.

Charlie offered an alternative: discourse over violence. He didn’t shout down students. He didn’t sneer at them. He didn’t ban them from speaking. He asked them to come forward. He handed them a microphone. He gave them space to make their argument. And then—with logic, history, faith, and facts—he gently pulled apart the falsehoods.

U-M will open a $50 million center for civil discourse by 2026. The announcement follows backlash over public remarks on the death of Charlie Kirk.

In every election since I became eligible to vote, I stood at the ballot box or mailed in a paper from France with the Democratic candidate selected. This year, for the first time ever, that will not be the case. I encourage the Columbia community to join ...

Much like the sun always rising in the east and setting in the west, you can count on Pride Month discourse to start up the second the clock strikes midnight on June 1. The debates aren’t new. Every year, the internet has the same arguments over whether ...