President Donald Trump's address to Congress on March 4 was one of many examples of how political leaders of both parties no longer model civil discourse. The acrimony on both sides made clear just ...

Civil discourse is preferable to the alternatives of coerced silence and violence. Coerced silence means that one side has exercised power to end conversation—to say, in effect, there is no point in ...

The University of Alabama System is committed to the First Amendment Rights of free speech and expression for all members of the System community. As a public institution of higher education, UAB ...

Retired Justice Kennedy Raises Concern Over ‘Tone of Political Discourse,’ Urges Civil Dialogue "What democracy and civil discourse are about are taking issues and discussing them," Kennedy said. "And ...