The White House has come to rely on unilateral powers to make policy. Is that good for democracy?
UVA political experts sat down with the Karsh Institute to discuss the most recent presidential debate.
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Mary Kate Cary, former White House speechwriter for George H. W. Bush, highlighted the powerful oratory of three American women—Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Representative Barbara Jordan, and First Lady Barbara Bush—at the Karsh Institute’s “Speaking of Women” event, emphasizing their impact on American democracy and values.
The people behind a new mural in the Karsh Institute’s Equity Center say it represents the beauty behind people of all backgrounds coming together.
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"The candidate who is better at taking the high ground—laying out effective policies and an optimistic agenda for a stronger America—will be the one to gain enough votes in swing states to win," the Karsh Institute's Mary Kate Cary told POLITICO.
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Virginia Business Magazine's Women in Leadership Awards included Karsh Institute Executive Director Melody Barnes.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former presidential speechwriters Mary Kate Cary (from the Karsh Institute's Think Again) and Paul Orzulak about Thursday's debate between President Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump.
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The Chautauqua Institution announced Karsh Institute Executive Director Melody Barnes and journalist David French as the inaugural recipients of the Chautauqua Perry Fellowship in Democracy.
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The Starr Hill Pathways summer camp—organized by the Karsh Institute's Equity Center—had its third annual program for underserved and underrepresented kids at the University of Virginia.
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UVA assistant professor Jess Reia of the Karsh Institute’s Digital Technology for Democracy Lab reviewed the responses to protests on U.S. campuses and found them to be threats not just to freedom of speech but also to the fundamental rights of people in public spaces.
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Remote work lets Americans continue to flee large cities for smaller towns even after the pandemic. “Maybe there isn’t going to be a rebound,” says Hamilton Lombard, a demographer at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. “Maybe the rebound is over.”
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