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Event | April 25, 2025

Democracy and the Imagination

Deva Woodly (Brown University) and Lawrie Balfour (UVA Politics) discuss how their recent books reimagine the meaning of freedom and the possibilities of democracy. Moderated by Kevin Gaines (UVA Woodson Institute).

  • April 25, 2025
  • UVA's Bond House
    600 Brandon Ave. Charlottesville, VA
  • 12:00 pm–1:15 pm

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In the News

News | March 7, 2025
March 7, 2025

Federal Actions Could Lead to Unlikely State Allies

"The balance of power between the states and the federal government is a critical part of the design of our representative democracy, as important as the division of power and checks and balances between the judicial, legislative and executive branches of the federal government," writes the Karsh Institute's director of research.

News | February 25, 2025
February 25, 2025

With America in Crisis, Where Are the Institutionalists?

As the White House ignores judicial decisions, and Congress is increasingly lackluster in its willingness to exert its prerogatives in our mixed government system—this is the time for institutionalists to step forward, writes the Karsh Institute's research director.

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