The White House has come to rely on unilateral powers to make policy. Is that good for democracy?
The Karsh Institute's 69,300-square-foot building will also include new facilities for UVA’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. The nonpartisan research and public engagement hub will bring together students, faculty, university staff, and visiting public officials in a space meant for conversation and collaboration.
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Executive Director Melody Barnes and Tim Naftali join us for CBC's American Roundtable session to break down the latest news from the campaign trail.
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Practitioner Fellow Sam Pressler says there’s a resurgence of communitarian organizing happening in America, as people and organizations attempt to bring society back together, one club or digital forum at a time.
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Structured talks about politics help college students better relate, though they don’t often change minds, associate professor Rachel Wahl told UVA President Jim Ryan on his podcast 'Inside UVA.' Wahl is the director of the Karsh Institute's Good Life Political Project.
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“It was transformative for the entire country,” the Karsh Institute's Melody Barnes told NPR's Marketplace. “[Johnson] decided to use the power that he had amassed over 20-plus years in Washington to accomplish something that many people thought was unimaginable.”
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A series of profiles from the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism, WHRO, and the Karsh Institute takes inspiration from community journalism.
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Christopher Carter, from the Karsh Institute’s John L. Nau III History & Principles of Democracy Lab, looks at trends in elections in Latin America.
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Young Americans need more communal pathways to adulthood than just the traditional, four-year college route, writes Karsh Institute Practitioner Fellow Sam Pressler.
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The Election 2024 blog—a partnership between the Karsh Institute, the Miller Center, the Center for Politics, and the Department of Politics—provides insights for those wanting to learn more about the candidates and issues.
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September 17th is Constitution Day and UVA's Karsh Institute and Batten School hosted a panel with Judge J. Michael Luttig to talk about America's democracy and the rule of law.
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