Welcome to The Conversation, Newsweek’s weekly roundup of our reader comments from the past week. We turn our attention to President Donald Trump sparking debate after revealing plans to build a new ...

This is the fourth in a series of posts describing how we can have more successful political conversations, in both our civic and personal lives. When we make a sustained effort to regard our ...

From classrooms to conference rooms, productive conversation is becoming a lost civic skill. Rebuilding it is key to solving problems that debate alone can’t fix. The tragic shooting of conservative ...

New York City's Democratic mayoral candidates participating in a televised debate on June 12, 2025. Vincent Alban/UPI/Shutterstock In another sign of how New York City’s election rules favor the left, ...

The Redistricting Debate: A Conversation About Fairness and Bigotry We’re diving into the contentious world of redistricting in Indiana, where the conversation is heating up over proposed changes to ...

One would hope that, over time, our ability to communicate with one another would get better. Recently, the “change my mind” conversation has risen in popularity across college campuses. In the 2010s, ...

Before big conversations—think performance reviews, negotiations, or strategic debates—most leaders prep facts and arguments. But what’s often missing is mental readiness. Enter the Curiosity Check: a ...

DOHA, Qatar--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates launched a new season of its flagship program, Doha Debates, on October 21, co-produced with Al Jazeera Digital. The upcoming season ...