‘Dialogue is all the rage’: why is the right pouring millions into ‘civil discourse’ initiatives on US campuses? 43.8%
The Guardian - By Alice Speri - 6/28/2026, 12:00 PM
Biased Writer Voice 27.8% - Negativity Bias 25.3% - Hasty Generalization 21.1%
US college campuses have long been associated with the country’s fraying social fabric. Beset by so-called “cancel culture”, mass protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, and mounting conflicts over free speech, a notion has taken hold that colleges and universities represent a convergence of the country’s broader ills. To meet what’s been... more