UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy is growing its Student Dialogue Fellowship to help students understand those with whom they disagree.
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A UVA law professor explains why this phrase is so important to democracy, and how its definition is harder to pin down than you might think.
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PBS will premiere a new one-hour special, "A More Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America," hosted by Melody Barnes and Jeffrey Rosen, on Monday, November 24, 2025, immediately following Ken Burns’ six-part documentary series "The American Revolution."
These recent UVA grads say their eyes were opened to the value of open dialogue during their terms as student representatives on the Karsh Institute of Democracy’s advisory board.
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A new UVA project will provide voters with accessible and reliable information around local and statewide elections.
Instead of promoting diversity, many social networks and other popular digital platforms function as machines for the production and circulation of hate, writes David Nemer of the UVA Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, an affiliate of the Karsh Institute.
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Karsh Institute Practitioner Fellow Sam Pressler has a strong track record of bringing people together and working to rebuild the civic infrastructure of the United States.
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Cuts to the federal workforce and government spending will mean a significant hit to Virginia’s economy this year, according to UVA's Weldon Cooper Center.
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Executive Director Melody Barnes speaks with Rosemary Barton on "American Roundtable" about what to expect when Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visits the White House.
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“The unemployment rate in Virginia will rise as job losses accumulate and will reach its highest rate since 2021,” said a report from the Weldon Cooper Center, a Karsh Institute affiliate. It also said that while the state economy will grow, it will lag behind the US’s GDP growth. A spokesperson for Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Virginia is better insulated from federal cuts than the District of Columbia or Maryland because of the high concentration of defense industry jobs, citing rating agencies’ assessments.
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