{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"The first Trump-Biden debate was unruly. Is American civil discourse dead?","publication_date":"October 01, 2020","summary":"After Tuesday's remarkable presidential debate, much attention has been focused on President Trump's unconventional conduct. But does the lack of substantive debate and civil discourse reflect a broader phenomenon in American society? Two distinguished political scientists, Harvard University's Danielle Allen and Pepperdine University's Pete Peterson, join Jeffrey Brown to discuss.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/10\/8eda96a4555c556d6c2d348749c41c9f-signofthetimes-1024x682.jpg","thumbnail_height":682,"thumbnail_width":1024}