Sarah Ruger
Sarah Ruger directs free expression initiatives for the Charles Koch Institute and Foundation. She is a passionate advocate for open inquiry, free speech rights, and engagement that respects the dignity inherent in every individual.
Free speech on campus holds the cure to America’s growing polarization
Outrage culture is causing provocative issues to be pushed out of public discourse and important artworks to be literally white-washed. Teaching civil discourse at universities is key to sustaining the American experiment.
Understanding what tolerance means in a highly polarized America
Changing people's minds isn't how we end polarization. Tolerance is the gateway to peaceful coexistence.
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The key to ending online hate? Treat it like a virus.
It will take a crack team of scientists, programmers and philosophers to cure the online hate pandemic.
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How one black man convinced 200 KKK members to quit the Klan… by listening
Dialogue and an open mind can go a lot further than angry rhetoric.
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We can accept our differences – it’s better than killing each other
The year was fraught to say the least. Riots in the streets, engagement abroad in a long-fought war, and an encroaching sense that the fabric that knits us together is […]
Ideology drives us apart. Neuroscience can bring us back together.
A guide to making difficult conversations possible—and peaceful—in an increasingly polarized nation.
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