Qian Cai, Nichole M. Flores, Hamilton Lombard, Meghan Murray
In the United States, an aging population that is predominantly white and an increasingly diverse youth population have fueled a sense of anxiety, insecurity, or even fear about who is the majority, who has the power, and whose democracy it will be.
William Antholis, Don Baer, Peter Baker, Laura Barrón-López, Bob Bauer, Joshua Bolten, Meena Bose, Valerie Smith Boyd, Robert Bruner, Stephen Burns , and more
Leading scholars, journalists, and key practitioners, drawn from both Republican and Democratic administrations, focus on how to fix problems with the American presidency on day two of this two-day discussion.
Derrick P. Alridge, Laurent Dubois, Bobbie Laur, Tia Brown McNair, Jeremy C. Young
An examination of the nation’s racial learning landscape and the actions that educators can take to help all students fully explore our nation’s past and, going forward, contribute to societal choices about racial healing.
Undergraduate students from the University of Virginia pitch their ideas for civic engagement to a panel of their peers from the Karsh Institute of Democracy’s Student Advisory Council. Winners will be awarded funding to bring their ideas to life.
Danielle Allen, John Bridgeland, Tiana Epps-Johnson, Elizabeth Green, Kristin Hansen, Ian H. Solomon
More Perfect is leading the charge to unify America around a shared vision for democratic renewal and to realize the shared goal of a more perfect union.
Earl Pomeroy, Peter Roskam, Craig Volden, Alan Wiseman
What does it mean to be an effective lawmaker in the United States Congress and American state legislatures? And how essential is effective lawmaking to a functioning democracy?
Krystal Appiah, Anne Coughlin, Timothy Denevi, Robyn Gigl, Amy Woolard
Book bans are proliferating throughout the United States. This discussion focuses on the history of bans, their legal status, their politics, and their functions.
Jonathan Colmer, Kirsten Gelsdorf, David Leblang, Kayly Ober
There is a climate refugee crisis. What are the current patterns, opportunities, and challenges to humanitarian aid—and how will the future be impacted by what we know today?
Philip Gorski, Walter Kim, Esau McCaulley, Micah Schwartzman, Amanda Tyler
How does the fringe Christian nationalist movement endanger American democracy? Scholars and faith leaders come together for a conversation that explores the underpinnings of its ideology and what it means for the future.