Small-size gatherings have a large-scale impact by strengthening social trust and revitalizing civic life.
As the Department of Education faces potential closure, a UVA expert weighs in on what changes could mean for students, schools, and democracy.
Digital Technology for Democracy faculty co-lead Jess Reia, author of the new book Urban Music Governance, was named to the 2025 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows, who will each receive a $200,000 stipend for research that explores how we can strengthen the forces of cohesion to fortify our democracy.
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Executive Director Melody Barnes joined an esteemed panel to answer the questions: Will life be better—or worse—if the red states and blue states split and the great American experiment ends? Or is it possible to usher in a new era of collective good by addressing flaws in the U.S. Constitution?
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In the first six weeks of the second Trump administration, there have been more than 100 cases brought before U.S. federal courts challenging policies and executive orders. What does the unprecedented speed and number of these cases mean for the future of American democracy?
"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.
The Karsh Institute’s Student Dialogue Fellowship is expanding after a successful inaugural semester, reinforcing the need for spaces where students can engage in meaningful conversations across differences.
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.
Can tech cure our loneliness? Host Brittany Luse sits down with Karsh Institute Practitioner Fellow Sam Pressler, who studies community and social connection, to break it all down.
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The Karsh Institute's Melody Barnes joins Charles Cooke of The National Review, Joanne Freeman of Yale University, Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute, and the National Constitutional Center's Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the American tradition of presidential power.
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Campus Compact and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, in partnership with More Perfect and the Karsh Institute, announced the Higher Education Democracy Exchange (HEDx), a multi-functional, virtual platform that unites colleges and universities in advancing the civic mission of higher education.
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