
The Civility Initiative is for you; it’s for everyone. So come left- and right-wingers, come political enthusiasts and novices, come boomers and Gen Zers, come pessimists and optimists.

To The GOP, How On Earth Did We Get Here?
The Republican Party is no longer the Grand Old Party. This is a thought I’ve struggled to come to terms with for the past several years...
Moderation in Modern Politics
By Micah Cozzens In the social media frenzy following the Capitol Riots on January 6th, 2021, I didn’t see many responses I would...
One Perspective on Black Lives Matter
I initially learned about Black Lives Matter (BLM) in 2016. Honestly, I didn’t understand BLM’s purpose, and for me, the message fell on...
Confirmation Bias & Reality
Recently, I heard from my friend, Ann, a story relative to one of her college experiences at Brigham Young University–Idaho. In a class...
Backing Off, Speaking Out, Sitting Down, and Standing Up
By Skyler Wixom Identities are tricky to manage. Even the word “identity” seems to consistently either evade a concrete definition or...
Yes, Mexican Immigrants and MAGA Supporters Can Coexist
How does a Mexican immigrant stay friends with a Trump supporter? In jest, I want to answer this by saying “very carefully” but, all...
Polarization and Dehumanization
By Veronika Tait Current tensions between liberals and conservatives are high. The past two decades have shown large shifts away from...

109,000 Hours
Almost 79,000 hours. According to one study, conducted by OnePoll, on average a person will watch 78,705 hours of television in their...

Finding Quality News Part II: Some Advice From Our Team
When I was a graduate student at Brigham Young University, I received weekly training on how to teach BYU’s first-year composition...
Finding Quality News
By Duane Adamson I am often asked by students and friends how to find the most objective news and information about political events....

“One is the Sum of the Fractions of Us”
One is the sum of the fractions of us 'Cus we're broken and we're bent But together this puzzle makes so much sense –Mindy Gledhill...
“Politics?” “Again?” “Why?” “Aren’t you sick of politics,?"
“Politics?” “Again?” “Why?” “Aren’t you sick of politics, Mosiah?” Those seem to be the reactions I normally get whenever I bring up...

Which Wolf Will We Feed?
“Sometimes I’ve let my passion rule my reason. Sometimes I’ve made it harder to find common ground… Sometimes I wanted to win for the...
The Most Important Step
Hello World, I hope you’ve read our opening letter of why we, the snowflakes, feel like we want to write about the political realm that...
To the Fatigued and Weary
Well here we are. Another election behind us, another day in the pandemic, another day of worrying about school closures, job security,...




















