Persuasion is a nonprofit digital magazine and community focused on providing a forum for discussions of society, politics, and culture from a philosophically liberal perspective.
[8] In his founding manifesto, Mounk argued that “the erosion of values like free speech and due process within mainstream institutions [has] put philosophical liberals at a unique disadvantage”.
Guests have included global leaders such as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair,[19] novelists such as Elif Shafak,[20] and journalists Ed Luce,[21] Emily Yoffe[22] and Ezra Klein,[23] among others.
In an opinion piece for the New York Times, columnist David Brooks wrote that the project was part of "a growing rebellion against groupthink and exclusion".
[13] Jennifer Rubin, writing in The Washington Post, described Persuasion as one of several "alternative forums for virtual or actual face-to-face debate [that] are badly needed".