The Oxford University Press awarded its Word of the Year to "rage bait," referring to media that is designed to produce ...

Elite institutions are investing heavily in speaker series and training sessions to foster productive disagreement. Is this a Trump-era fad, a serious movement, or both?

Since being appointed in January 2024 as the Provostial Advisor on Civil Discourse, English professor and novelist Randy Boyagoda has chaired U of T’s Working Group on Civil Discourse and delivered a ...

Karachi, Pakistan: How many innocents in Gaza must Israel pulp before it admits it is the aggressor? At what press conference will it hold up the shredded stuffed animal and call it a weapon of war?

In the wake of the tragic assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, the Trump administration has attempted to crack down on what they consider to be “hate speech.” How the administration ...

Charlie Kirk was the ideal role model for American political discourse. Throughout his unfortunately short life, Charlie committed himself unreservedly to reasoned debate, rational discourse, and the ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In debates about education, one topic ...

On the first day of every semester, I open each of my classes with a line that has never lost its punch: “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.” That’s Daniel Patrick ...

With almost 2 billion users on TikTok, it was inevitable for niche communities to arise within the platform. One such community was BookTok, a space for those interested in books and literature, ...

Forty-four percent of students feel comfortable expressing their opinions on campus without fear of negative consequences. At the same time, students overwhelmingly support efforts to increase civil ...

Too many people in need are being failed by a system that is too rigid and exclusionary, argues Kieran Oberman, whose latest paper calls for a needs-based approach to refugees. "People around the ...