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Q&A: Process Matters as Democrats Pick New Candidate
What should we make of these unprecedented times? UVA Today asked Melody Barnes, executive director of the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.
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Accolades: Instructor Awarded for Leading University’s Open Inquiry Charge
Mary Kate Cary, founding director of the Karsh Institute's Think Again at UVA, received one of five national Open Inquiry Awards from the Heterodox Academy at its June national convention in Chicago.
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Democracy Brief: Democracy in Action
The Karsh Institute brings research to policymakers to connect people, elected representatives, and institutions with critical data to improve communities. That is democracy in action.
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Post Presidential Debate: It's a Remarkable Moment in American Politics
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to the Karsh Institute's Mary Kate Cary, who wrote speeches for President George H.W. Bush, and Paul Orzulak, who was a Clinton administration peechwriter, about current presidential politics.
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